#E99F5B#E99F5B
#E99F5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.122 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99F5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 159, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 60.9%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.47, 20.84, 46.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.47, 50.55, 65.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.18% 0.0576 0.1077) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.18% 0.122 61.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.8939, 42.8793, 15.6496) |
| Luminance | 0.4288 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.23
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.15
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.18
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.06
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.95
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99F5B #5BA5E9
analogous
#E95B5E #E99F5B #E9E65B
triadic
#E99F5B #5BE99F #9F5BE9
tetradic
#E99F5B #5EE95B #5BA5E9 #E65BE9
square
#E99F5B #5EE95B #5BA5E9 #E65BE9
split-complementary
#E99F5B #5BE9E6 #5B5EE9
monochromatic
#B26218 #E27F25 #E99F5B #F0BF91 #F7DEC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E99F5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.57
#E99F5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99F5B
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99F5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99F5B | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.57 | 9.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A555
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC8F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99f5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 159, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.122 61.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bb8b',
500: '#e99f5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99f5b; $custom-light: #f4bb8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99f5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 159,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.732,
"s": 76.344,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76179,
"c": 0.12212,
"h": 61.9
},
"luminance": 0.42875
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99F5B
secondary
#B7D1E9
accent
#77D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D