#E59B59#E59B59
#E59B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.121 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59B59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 155, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 61.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.05, 21.19, 45.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.05, 49.98, 64.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.97% 0.0587 0.1059) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.97% 0.121 61) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8406, 40.8259, 14.9152) |
| Luminance | 0.4082 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.10
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.66
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.14
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.90
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.12
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59B59 #59A3E5
analogous
#E5595D #E59B59 #E5E159
triadic
#E59B59 #59E59B #9B59E5
tetradic
#E59B59 #5DE559 #59A3E5 #E159E5
square
#E59B59 #5DE559 #59A3E5 #E159E5
split-complementary
#E59B59 #59E5E1 #595DE5
monochromatic
#A95E1A #DD7B24 #E59B59 #EDBB8E #F6DBC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#E59B59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.16
#E59B59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59B59
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59B59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59B59 | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.16 | 9.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A153
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B25A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59b59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 155, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.121 61.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b88a',
500: '#e59b59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59b59; $custom-light: #f1b88a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59b59",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 155,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.286,
"s": 72.917,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74968,
"c": 0.12102,
"h": 61
},
"luminance": 0.40822
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59B59
secondary
#B3CEE6
accent
#78D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D