#E59A3B#E59A3B
#E59A3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.139 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59A3B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 154, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 77%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 74%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 74.2%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.53, 20.04, 58.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.53, 62.02, 71.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.47% 0.051 0.1297) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.47% 0.139 68.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.6615, 40.0890, 9.5227) |
| Luminance | 0.4008 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 3.73
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.06
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.35
Tangerine (survey)
#FF9408
ΔE00 6.08
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.38
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59A3B #3B86E5
analogous
#E5453B #E59A3B #DBE53B
triadic
#E59A3B #3BE59A #9A3BE5
tetradic
#E59A3B #3BE545 #3B86E5 #E53BDB
square
#E59A3B #3BE545 #3B86E5 #E53BDB
split-complementary
#E59A3B #3BDBE5 #453BE5
monochromatic
#925A13 #C87C1B #E59A3B #ECB671 #F3D2A7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#E59A3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.02
#E59A3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59A3B
9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59A3B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59A3B | 1.00 | 2.33 | 9.02 | 9.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B13D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98887
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59a3b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 154, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.139 68.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b777',
500: '#e59a3b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59a3b; $custom-light: #f3b777; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59a3b",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 154,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.529,
"s": 76.577,
"l": 56.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74472,
"c": 0.13939,
"h": 68.5
},
"luminance": 0.40085
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59A3B
secondary
#9BBAE1
accent
#89F335
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF6ED
border
#D7D0C8
text
#181109
muted
#86807B