#E29D5B#E29D5B
#E29D5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E29D5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(226, 157, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 70%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 60%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 59.7%, 11.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.21, 19.02, 44.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.21, 48.26, 66.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.02% 0.0527 0.1042) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.02% 0.117 63.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.3122, 41.0417, 15.4309) |
| Luminance | 0.4104 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.56
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.88
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.48
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.16
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.22
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E29D5B #5BA0E2
analogous
#E25B5D #E29D5B #E2E05B
triadic
#E29D5B #5BE29D #9D5BE2
tetradic
#E29D5B #5DE25B #5BA0E2 #E05BE2
square
#E29D5B #5DE25B #5BA0E2 #E05BE2
split-complementary
#E29D5B #5BE2E0 #5B5DE2
monochromatic
#A5601D #D97E27 #E29D5B #EBBC8F #F4DBC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E29D5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.21
#E29D5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E29D5B
9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E29D5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E29D5B | 1.00 | 2.28 | 9.21 | 9.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A255
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B25C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F58E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e29d5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 157, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 63.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efba8b',
500: '#e29d5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e29d5b; $custom-light: #efba8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e29d5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 226,
"g": 157,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.333,
"s": 69.948,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75019,
"c": 0.11673,
"h": 63.2
},
"luminance": 0.41038
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E29D5B
secondary
#B4CDE5
accent
#75D214
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D