#E59A56#E59A56
#E59A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.123 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59A56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 154, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 62.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.79, 21.52, 46.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.79, 51.20, 65.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.75% 0.0592 0.1081) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.75% 0.123 61.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.5515, 40.4450, 14.2099) |
| Luminance | 0.4044 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.28
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.54
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.13
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.59
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.14
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59A56 #56A1E5
analogous
#E5565A #E59A56 #E5E156
triadic
#E59A56 #56E59A #9A56E5
tetradic
#E59A56 #5AE556 #56A1E5 #E156E5
square
#E59A56 #5AE556 #56A1E5 #E156E5
split-complementary
#E59A56 #56E5E1 #565AE5
monochromatic
#A75D1A #DC7A22 #E59A56 #EDBA8B #F5D9C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.31
#E59A56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.09
#E59A56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59A56
9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59A56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59A56 | 1.00 | 2.31 | 9.09 | 9.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.31 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A050
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B157
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59a56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 154, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.123 61.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b888',
500: '#e59a56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59a56; $custom-light: #f2b888; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59a56",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 154,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.531,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74749,
"c": 0.12322,
"h": 61.3
},
"luminance": 0.40441
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59A56
secondary
#B1CDE6
accent
#78D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C