#E59B3B#E59B3B

#E59B3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.139 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59B3B
RGB	rgb(229, 155, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 74.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, 19.51, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 62.07, 71.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% 0.0495 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.139 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8272, 40.4205, 9.5779)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59B3B #3B85E5

analogous

#E5463B #E59B3B #DAE53B

triadic

#E59B3B #3BE59B #9B3BE5

tetradic

#E59B3B #3BE546 #3B85E5 #E53BDA

square

#E59B3B #3BE546 #3B85E5 #E53BDA

split-complementary

#E59B3B #3BDAE5 #463BE5

monochromatic

#925B13 #C87D1B #E59B3B #ECB771 #F3D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E59B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#E59B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59B3B

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59B3B	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)

#B4A02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 155, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.139 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b877',
    500: '#e59b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59b3b;
$custom-light: #f3b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.882,
    "s": 76.577,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74655,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59B3B

secondary

#9BB9E1

accent

#88F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59B3B

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

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