#E59A55#E59A55
#E59A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.124 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59A55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 154, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 62.9%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.77, 21.45, 46.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.77, 51.61, 65.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.74% 0.0589 0.109) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.74% 0.124 61.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.5115, 40.4290, 13.9992) |
| Luminance | 0.4042 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.33
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.63
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.09
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.57
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.24
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59A55 #55A0E5
analogous
#E55558 #E59A55 #E5E255
triadic
#E59A55 #55E59A #9A55E5
tetradic
#E59A55 #58E555 #55A0E5 #E255E5
square
#E59A55 #58E555 #55A0E5 #E255E5
split-complementary
#E59A55 #55E5E2 #5558E5
monochromatic
#A65D19 #DB7B22 #E59A55 #EDBA8A #F5D9BF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.31
#E59A55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.08
#E59A55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59A55
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59A55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59A55 | 1.00 | 2.31 | 9.08 | 9.08 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.08 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A04E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B156
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59a55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 154, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.124 61.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b887',
500: '#e59a55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59a55; $custom-light: #f2b887; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59a55",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 154,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.75,
"s": 73.469,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74736,
"c": 0.12387,
"h": 61.6
},
"luminance": 0.40425
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59A55
secondary
#B0CCE6
accent
#77D610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C