#E59B5B#E59B5B
#E59B5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59B5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 155, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 60.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.08, 21.33, 44.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.08, 49.16, 64.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75% 0.0594 0.1039) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75% 0.12 60.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9258, 40.8599, 15.3635) |
| Luminance | 0.4086 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.08
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.57
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.29
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.98
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.00
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59B5B #5BA5E5
analogous
#E55B60 #E59B5B #E5E05B
triadic
#E59B5B #5BE59B #9B5BE5
tetradic
#E59B5B #60E55B #5BA5E5 #E05BE5
square
#E59B5B #60E55B #5BA5E5 #E05BE5
split-complementary
#E59B5B #5BE5E0 #5B60E5
monochromatic
#AB5E1B #DD7B26 #E59B5B #EDBB90 #F6DBC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#E59B5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.17
#E59B5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59B5B
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59B5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59B5B | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.17 | 9.17 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.17 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A155
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B25C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59b5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 155, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 60.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b88b',
500: '#e59b5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59b5b; $custom-light: #f1b88b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59b5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 155,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.826,
"s": 72.632,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74995,
"c": 0.11969,
"h": 60.3
},
"luminance": 0.40856
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59B5B
secondary
#B5D0E7
accent
#7AD511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D