#E99E5F#E99E5F
#E99E5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99E5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 158, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 59.2%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.29, 21.65, 43.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.29, 48.87, 63.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.05% 0.0606 0.1032) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.05% 0.12 59.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.8998, 42.6076, 16.5256) |
| Luminance | 0.4260 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.24
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.63
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.67
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.24
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.61
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99E5F #5FAAE9
analogous
#E95F65 #E99E5F #E9E35F
triadic
#E99E5F #5FE99E #9E5FE9
tetradic
#E99E5F #65E95F #5FAAE9 #E35FE9
square
#E99E5F #65E95F #5FAAE9 #E35FE9
split-complementary
#E99E5F #5FE9E3 #5F65E9
monochromatic
#B56019 #E27D29 #E99E5F #F0BF95 #F8DFCB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E99E5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.52
#E99E5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99E5F
9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99E5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99E5F | 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)
#B5A459
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B560
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC8E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99e5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 158, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 59.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4ba8e',
500: '#e99e5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99e5f; $custom-light: #f4ba8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99e5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 158,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.391,
"s": 75.824,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76051,
"c": 0.1197,
"h": 59.6
},
"luminance": 0.42604
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99E5F
secondary
#BAD4EA
accent
#7CD80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D