#E59B4C#E59B4C
#E59B4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.129 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59B4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 155, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 66.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.91, 20.37, 51.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.91, 55.35, 68.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.81% 0.0543 0.1174) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.81% 0.129 65.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.3421, 40.6265, 12.2898) |
| Luminance | 0.4062 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.33
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.12
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.15
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.39
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.08
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59B4C #4C96E5
analogous
#E54E4C #E59B4C #E3E54C
triadic
#E59B4C #4CE59B #9B4CE5
tetradic
#E59B4C #4CE54E #4C96E5 #E54CE3
square
#E59B4C #4CE54E #4C96E5 #E54CE3
split-complementary
#E59B4C #4CE3E5 #4E4CE5
monochromatic
#9F5E17 #D57D1F #E59B4C #EDB981 #F5D7B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#E59B4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.12
#E59B4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59B4C
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59B4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59B4C | 1.00 | 2.30 | 9.12 | 9.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A144
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B24D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59b4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 155, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.129 65.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b881',
500: '#e59b4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59b4c; $custom-light: #f2b881; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59b4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 155,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.98,
"s": 74.634,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74814,
"c": 0.1294,
"h": 65.2
},
"luminance": 0.40623
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59B4C
secondary
#A9C5E4
accent
#91F137
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C