#E59140#E59140

#E59140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.139 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59140
RGB	rgb(229, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.7%, 72.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 25.06, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 59.92, 65.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0666 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.139 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.3673, 37.2832, 9.7619)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59140 #4094E5

analogous

#E54041 #E59140 #E5E440

triadic

#E59140 #40E591 #9140E5

tetradic

#E59140 #41E540 #4094E5 #E440E5

square

#E59140 #41E540 #4094E5 #E440E5

split-complementary

#E59140 #40E5E4 #4041E5

monochromatic

#965414 #CC721C #E59140 #ECB076 #F4CFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#E59140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#E59140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59140

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59140	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.139 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b179',
    500: '#e59140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59140;
$custom-light: #f3b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.455,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59140

secondary

#9FC1E2

accent

#96F335

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59140

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

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