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#eb8b69

a light, electric orange · warm · closest name: Dark Salmon

Token name suggestion: Linen Marmalade

RGB
235, 139, 105
HSL
16°, 77%, 67%
CMYK
0, 41, 55, 8
Luminance
0.3715

#eb8b69 is a light electric orange, 16° on the wheel and 8/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.43:1). As text it scores 2.49:1 on white — use #CE4A1B instead. Nearest name is Dark Salmon, nearest Tailwind family is orange.

hsl(16 77% 67%)rgb(235 139 105)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eb8b69 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eb8b69
Hue
16°
orange
Saturation
77%
electric
Lightness
67%
light
Brightness
92%
HSV value
Perceived
67%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3715
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
8/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
8.43:1
Closest name
Dark Salmon
ΔE2000 3.3
Chroma
47.4
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.731
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
orange
500 · ΔE 11.4
Web-safe
#FF9966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue16° of 360°
Saturation77%
Lightness67%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eb8b69.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool8% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red48%
Green50%
Blue3%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eb8b69
HEX (8-digit)#eb8b69ff
RGBrgb(235, 139, 105)
RGBArgba(235, 139, 105, 1)
HSLhsl(16, 77%, 67%)
HSV / HSBhsv(16, 55%, 92%)
HWBhwb(16 41% 8%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 41%, 55%, 8%)
LABlab(67.4 33.3 33.8)
LCHlch(67.4 47.4 45.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.731 0.127 40.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(46.05, 37.15, 18.11)
Decimal15436649
Display P3color(display-p3 0.922 0.545 0.412)
Web-safe#FF9966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eb8b69;
background-color: #eb8b69;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eb8b69;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eb8b69] bg-[#eb8b69]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eb8b69;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.922, green: 0.545, blue: 0.412)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.922, green: 0.545, blue: 0.412, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EB8B69</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEB8B69)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEB8B69)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(105, 139, 235)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(235, 139, 105)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(235, 139, 105)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 235, 139, 105)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9216f, 0.5451f, 0.4118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{235,139,105}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eb8b69 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eb8b69 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#71290F, #EEDAD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eb8b69 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCF5F3;
  --brand-100: #F9EBE7;
  --brand-200: #F4D3C8;
  --brand-300: #F2B29C;
  --brand-400: #eb8b69;
  --brand-500: #E56639;
  --brand-600: #D84E1D;
  --brand-700: #B44118;
  --brand-800: #903413;
  --brand-900: #682912;
  --brand-950: #41190B;
  --brand: #eb8b69;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF6F4;
  --brand-border: #EDCCC0;
  --brand-hover: #E7734A;
  --brand-pressed: #E35A2A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241814;
    --brand-ink: #EEDAD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCF5F3',
        100: '#F9EBE7',
        200: '#F4D3C8',
        300: '#F2B29C',
        400: '#eb8b69',
        500: '#E56639',
        600: '#D84E1D',
        700: '#B44118',
        800: '#903413',
        900: '#682912',
        950: '#41190B',
        DEFAULT: '#eb8b69',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCF5F3,
  '100': #F9EBE7,
  '200': #F4D3C8,
  '300': #F2B29C,
  '400': #eb8b69,
  '500': #E56639,
  '600': #D84E1D,
  '700': #B44118,
  '800': #903413,
  '900': #682912,
  '950': #41190B,
);
$brand-base: #eb8b69;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCF5F3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9EBE7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F4D3C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F2B29C", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#eb8b69", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E56639", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D84E1D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B44118", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#903413", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#682912", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#41190B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eb8b69 · 8.43:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.43:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eb8b69 as text scores 2.49:1 on white and 8.43:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #71290F at 4.16:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#CE4A1B · 4.55:1
AA on white−21% L
#CE4A1B
The quick fox
#9C3815 · 7.02:1
AAA on white−32% L
#9C3815
The quick fox
#eb8b69 · 8.43:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eb8b69
The quick fox
#eb8b69 · 8.43:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eb8b69

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #E7734A is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eb8b69 on white: 2.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eb8b69 on black: 8.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eb8b69 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eb8b69.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.49:1AaAa
Slate 502.38:1AaAa
Slate 1002.27:1AaAa
Slate 2002.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.68:1AaAa
Slate 4001.03:1AaAa
Slate 5001.91:1AaAa
Slate 6003.04:1AaAa
Slate 7004.16:1AaAa
Slate 8005.87:1AaAa
Slate 9007.17:1AaAa
Black8.43:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #A49866
deuteranopia · #BBAC68
tritanopia · #FF7A83

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eb8b69 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCF5F3
#F9EBE7
#F4D3C8
#F2B29C
#eb8b69
#E56639
#D84E1D
#B44118
#903413
#682912
#41190B
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FCF5F3Darkest = 950 · #41190BText step on white = 700
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.032 40.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.051 40.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.076 40.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.099 40.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.117 40.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.127 40.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.127 40.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.119 40.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.106 40.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.089 40.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.070 40.1);
}

Colors that work with #eb8b69

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF6F4
Tinted page background
Border#EDCCC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B604B
Captions on the surface
Accent#14B7B8
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#71290F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCEEE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241814
Dark-mode background
Hover#E7734A
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E35A2A
Two steps down
Disabled#E9DFDC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F59574
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #eb8b69

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #71290F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #E7734A

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight33/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#69C9EB
Analogous left#EB6988
Analogous right#EBCC69
Split-complement 1#69EBCC
Split-complement 2#6988EB
Triadic 1#69EB8B
Triadic 2#8B69EB
Tetradic#88EB69
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°16°

#eb8b69 sits at 16°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red92.2%
Green54.5%
Blue41.2%
R · 0–255
235
0xeb
G · 0–255
139
0x8b
B · 0–255
105
0x69

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta40.9%
Yellow55.3%
Key (black)7.8%

Total ink coverage is 104%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eb8b69 text on a black background

contrast 8.43:1

Card sample

#eb8b69 text on a white background

contrast 2.49:1

Card sample

#eb8b69 on grey

2.27:1

#eb8b69 on its own surface

2.32:1

#eb8b69 on its dark surface

6.93:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eb8b69;
Background color
Panel with #eb8b69 background
background-color: #eb8b69;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eb8b69;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(235, 139, 105, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(235, 139, 105, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eb8b69;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eb8b69, #EBE269);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb8b69, #D4EB69);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eb8b69;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eb8b69;
caret-color: #eb8b69;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eb8b69;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCEEE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eb8b69;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eb8b69 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eb8b69 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(235, 139, 105, 0.5)
rgb(235 139 105 / 50%)
#eb8b6980
hsl(16 77% 67% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eb8b69 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eb8b691a#FDF3F0
20%#eb8b6933#FBE8E1
40%#eb8b6966#F7D1C3
60%#eb8b6999#F3B9A5
80%#eb8b69cc#EFA287

Gradients from #eb8b69

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2B59F, #eb8b69 45%, #71290F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eb8b69, #E6E74E);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eb8b69, #69C9EB);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F6CABA 0%, #eb8b69 45%, #71290F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF6F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F196B3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #EFDE84 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #71290F 0%, transparent 65%), #eb8b69;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eb8b69

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eb8b69 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 8.43:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eb8b69, answered

What color is #eb8b69?

#eb8b69 is a light electric orange, closest to Dark Salmon (ΔE2000 3.3). It sits at 16° on the hue wheel with 77% saturation and 67% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eb8b69?

rgb(235, 139, 105) — 235 red, 139 green and 105 blue out of 255, or 92.2% / 54.5% / 41.2% by channel.

What is #eb8b69 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(16, 77%, 67%) and hsv(16, 55%, 92%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eb8b69 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3715 and perceived brightness is 67%, so black text on it reaches 8.43:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eb8b69?

Black. It scores 8.43:1 against #eb8b69, versus 2.49:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eb8b69 accessible on a white background?

#eb8b69 on white scores 2.49:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #CE4A1B to reach 4.5:1, or #9C3815 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eb8b69?

#69C9EB sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #69EBCC and #6988EB, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eb8b69?

For interface work: #FAF6F4 as the surface, #EDCCC0 for borders, #9B604B for secondary text, #14B7B8 as an accent and #71290F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #EB6988 and #EBCC69 stays calm, while #69C9EB is the loudest partner.

What is #eb8b69 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 41%, 55%, 8%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #eb8b69 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 8 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #EB9969; nudged cooler, #ED6775.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eb8b69?

The orange family — its 500 step is #f97316, ΔE2000 11.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eb8b69 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eb8b69 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eb8b69] or text-[#eb8b69], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eb8b69 with 50% opacity?

rgba(235, 139, 105, 0.5), or #eb8b6980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F5C5B4; over black, #764635.

Is #eb8b69 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FF9966, ΔE2000 6.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eb8b69 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eb8b69?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F2B59F, #eb8b69 45%, #71290F). For more colour, a short hue run to #E6E74E keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eb8b69 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eb8b69 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.