#E59040#E59040

#E59040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.139 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59040
RGB	rgb(229, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 72.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 25.59, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 59.93, 64.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0681 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.139 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2152, 36.9789, 9.7112)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59040 #4095E5

analogous

#E54042 #E59040 #E5E340

triadic

#E59040 #40E590 #9040E5

tetradic

#E59040 #42E540 #4095E5 #E340E5

square

#E59040 #42E540 #4095E5 #E340E5

split-complementary

#E59040 #40E5E3 #4042E5

monochromatic

#965314 #CC711C #E59040 #ECAF76 #F4CFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#E59040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#E59040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59040

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59040	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA7D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.139 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b179',
    500: '#e59040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59040;
$custom-light: #f3b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72722,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59040

secondary

#9FC1E2

accent

#97F335

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59040

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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