#E69D00Hot Butter (#E69D00) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 76°, lightness 0.75 and chroma 0.158. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #E69D00 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 157, 0) |
| HSL | hsl(41, 100%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(41, 100%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 100%, 10%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(70.1 17.5 74.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.749 0.158 76) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Hot Butter shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.3), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ea9800 — ΔE 1.3, shifts subtly: leans toward red#eb9d00 — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward red#e69d00 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#e69e05 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchangedTest Hot Butter in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.29:1 and against black 9.19:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffefda · #ffbb4f · #e69d00 · #a67000 · #785000 · #4d3200
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#dcda76 · #e2bd45 · #e69d00 · #dc822a · #ca6a40 · #b4574d
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#e69d00 · #819864 · #986600 · #426000 · #503400 · #182700
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#e3cdaf · #e69d00 · #3d86e3 · #684503 · #432a00 · #211200
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e9f3ff · #e69d00 · #9d907d · #525862 · #2e210e · #000104
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#ebf3fd · #c2cad6 · #949eab · #1a2635 · #000512 · #e69d00
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d6dab5 · #e69d00 · #c88974 · #205ff1 · #2d3257 · #140729
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e3c7e4 · #e69d00 · #759db4 · #765ac2 · #3f3248 · #1d0702
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#cefcfc · #e69d00 · #00a7a8 · #783492 · #3a004d · #000202
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#d5fdea · #e69d00 · #29aa7f · #0055ac · #46002f · #00051d
#ECAB44 · #F2BA67 · #F7C884 · #FDD6A0 · #FFE5C0
#BD8000 · #956400 · #704A00 · #4C3100 · #2B1900
#DBA24A · #CFA66B · #C3A986
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.