#E99E5E#E99E5E
#E99E5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.120 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99E5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 158, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 59.7%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.28, 21.58, 44.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.28, 49.28, 64.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.04% 0.0602 0.1042) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.04% 0.12 60) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.8546, 42.5895, 16.2877) |
| Luminance | 0.4259 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.20
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.64
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.56
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.22
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.68
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99E5E #5EA9E9
analogous
#E95E64 #E99E5E #E9E45E
triadic
#E99E5E #5EE99E #9E5EE9
tetradic
#E99E5E #64E95E #5EA9E9 #E45EE9
square
#E99E5E #64E95E #5EA9E9 #E45EE9
split-complementary
#E99E5E #5EE9E4 #5E64E9
monochromatic
#B46019 #E27E28 #E99E5E #F0BE94 #F8DFCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E99E5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.52
#E99E5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99E5E
9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99E5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99E5E | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.52 | 9.52 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A458
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B55F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC8E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99e5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 158, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.120 60.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4ba8d',
500: '#e99e5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99e5e; $custom-light: #f4ba8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99e5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 158,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.626,
"s": 75.956,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76037,
"c": 0.12036,
"h": 60
},
"luminance": 0.42586
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99E5E
secondary
#B9D3EA
accent
#7BD80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D