#e69f00

Color #e69f00

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Orange #ffa500 · ΔE 9.62 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e69f00

RGB

rgb(230, 159, 0)

HSL

hsl(41.5, 100%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(41.5, 100%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 100%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(70.61, 16.48, 74.68)

LCH

lch(70.61, 76.48, 77.56)

OKLCH

oklch(75.3%, 0.1576, 76.76)

HWB

hwb(41.5, 0%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0047e6

Analogous

#e62c00

#e69f00

#bae600

Triadic

#e69f00

#00e69f

#9f00e6

Split-complementary

#e69f00

#00bae6

#2c00e6

Tetradic

#e69f00

#47e600

#0047e6

#9f00e6

Square

#e69f00

#00e62c

#0047e6

#e600ba

Shades

Color #e69f00 mixed toward black.

#c08500

#996a00

#735000

#4d3500

#261b00

Tints

Color #e69f00 mixed toward white.

#ffb716

#ffc544

#ffd473

#ffe2a2

#fff1d0

Tones

Color #e69f00 mixed toward gray.

#d39813

#c09026

#ad893a

#99824d

#867a60

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.25:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.32:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.32:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcb52 · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#cfd45b · ΔE 22.8

Tritanopia

#e36c71 · ΔE 37

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 28.1

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e69f00;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e69f00]

Related colors

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Goldenrod #daa520

Floral White #fffaf0

Old Lace #fdf5e6

Wheat #f5deb3

Orange #ffa500

Frequently asked questions

#e69f00 (#e69f00) is rgb(230, 159, 0) in RGB.

No, #e69f00 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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