#E99F5C#E99F5C
#E99F5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99F5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 159, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 76%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 60.5%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.48, 20.91, 45.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.48, 50.13, 65.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.19% 0.058 0.1067) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.19% 0.121 61.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.9373, 42.8966, 15.8783) |
| Luminance | 0.4289 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.17
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.08
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.24
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.03
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.12
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99F5C #5CA6E9
analogous
#E95C5F #E99F5C #E9E65C
triadic
#E99F5C #5CE99F #9F5CE9
tetradic
#E99F5C #5FE95C #5CA6E9 #E65CE9
square
#E99F5C #5FE95C #5CA6E9 #E65CE9
split-complementary
#E99F5C #5CE9E6 #5C5FE9
monochromatic
#B36118 #E27F26 #E99F5C #F0BF92 #F8DFC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E99F5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.58
#E99F5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99F5C
9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99F5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99F5C | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.58 | 9.58 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A556
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC8F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99f5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 159, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 61.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bb8c',
500: '#e99f5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99f5c; $custom-light: #f4bb8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99f5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 159,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.511,
"s": 76.216,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76192,
"c": 0.12145,
"h": 61.5
},
"luminance": 0.42893
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99F5C
secondary
#B8D2E9
accent
#78D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D