#E59B5D#E59B5D
#E59B5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59B5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 155, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 59.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.10, 21.47, 43.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.10, 48.33, 63.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.02% 0.0601 0.102) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.02% 0.118 59.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0132, 40.8949, 15.8239) |
| Luminance | 0.4089 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.14
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.53
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.47
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.85
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.13
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59B5D #5DA7E5
analogous
#E55D63 #E59B5D #E5DF5D
triadic
#E59B5D #5DE59B #9B5DE5
tetradic
#E59B5D #63E55D #5DA7E5 #DF5DE5
square
#E59B5D #63E55D #5DA7E5 #DF5DE5
split-complementary
#E59B5D #5DE5DF #5D63E5
monochromatic
#AC5D1C #DD7A28 #E59B5D #EDBC92 #F6DCC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#E59B5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.18
#E59B5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59B5D
9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59B5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59B5D | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.18 | 9.18 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.18 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A157
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B25E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59b5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 155, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 59.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b88c',
500: '#e59b5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59b5d; $custom-light: #f1b88c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59b5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 155,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.353,
"s": 72.34,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75022,
"c": 0.11837,
"h": 59.5
},
"luminance": 0.40891
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59B5D
secondary
#B7D1E7
accent
#7BD411
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D