#E59251#E59251

#E59251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.129 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59251
RGB	rgb(229, 146, 81)
HSL	hsl(26, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 25.46, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 53.24, 61.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0703 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.129 57)
XYZ	xyz(44.0804, 37.8140, 12.7603)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59251 #51A4E5

analogous

#E5515A #E59251 #E5DC51

triadic

#E59251 #51E592 #9251E5

tetradic

#E59251 #5AE551 #51A4E5 #DC51E5

square

#E59251 #5AE551 #51A4E5 #DC51E5

split-complementary

#E59251 #51E5DC #515AE5

monochromatic

#A35518 #D87120 #E59251 #EDB386 #F5D5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#E59251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#E59251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59251

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59251	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 146, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.129 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b284',
    500: '#e59251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59251;
$custom-light: #f2b284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.351,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73257,
    "c": 0.12888,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.3781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59251

secondary

#ADCCE5

accent

#7FD60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59251

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

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