#E59B56#E59B56
#E59B56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.123 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59B56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 155, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.02, 20.99, 46.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.02, 51.23, 65.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.93% 0.0576 0.1087) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.93% 0.123 62.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.7172, 40.7765, 14.2652) |
| Luminance | 0.4077 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.24
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.90
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.00
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.83
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.18
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59B56 #56A0E5
analogous
#E55659 #E59B56 #E5E256
triadic
#E59B56 #56E59B #9B56E5
tetradic
#E59B56 #59E556 #56A0E5 #E256E5
square
#E59B56 #59E556 #56A0E5 #E256E5
split-complementary
#E59B56 #56E5E2 #5659E5
monochromatic
#A75E1A #DC7C22 #E59B56 #EDBA8B #F5DAC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#E59B56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.15
#E59B56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59B56
9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59B56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59B56 | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.15 | 9.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A14F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B257
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59b56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 155, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.123 62.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b888',
500: '#e59b56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59b56; $custom-light: #f1b888; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59b56",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 155,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.951,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7493,
"c": 0.12298,
"h": 62.1
},
"luminance": 0.40773
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59B56
secondary
#B1CCE6
accent
#76D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C