#E59959#E59959

#E59959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.122 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59959
RGB	rgb(229, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 22.25, 44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 49.95, 63.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% 0.0618 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.122 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5105, 40.1657, 14.8051)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59959 #59A5E5

analogous

#E5595F #E59959 #E5DF59

triadic

#E59959 #59E599 #9959E5

tetradic

#E59959 #5FE559 #59A5E5 #DF59E5

square

#E59959 #5FE559 #59A5E5 #DF59E5

split-complementary

#E59959 #59E5DF #595FE5

monochromatic

#A95C1A #DD7824 #E59959 #EDBA8E #F6DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E59959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#E59959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59959

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59959	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.122 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b789',
    500: '#e59959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59959;
$custom-light: #f1b789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74606,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59959

secondary

#B3CFE6

accent

#7BD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59959

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

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