#E59C4C#E59C4C
#E59C4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59C4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 156, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 66.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.15, 19.83, 51.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.15, 55.40, 69.02°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75% 0.0528 0.118) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75% 0.129 65.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.5092, 40.9607, 12.3455) |
| Luminance | 0.4096 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.49
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.16
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.16
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.55
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.96
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59C4C #4C95E5
analogous
#E5504C #E59C4C #E1E54C
triadic
#E59C4C #4CE59C #9C4CE5
tetradic
#E59C4C #4CE550 #4C95E5 #E54CE1
square
#E59C4C #4CE550 #4C95E5 #E54CE1
split-complementary
#E59C4C #4CE1E5 #504CE5
monochromatic
#9F5E17 #D57E1F #E59C4C #EDBA81 #F5D7B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E59C4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.19
#E59C4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59C4C
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59C4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59C4C | 1.00 | 2.28 | 9.19 | 9.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A144
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B24D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98B8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59c4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 156, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 65.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b981',
500: '#e59c4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59c4c; $custom-light: #f2b981; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59c4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 156,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.373,
"s": 74.634,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74997,
"c": 0.12926,
"h": 65.9
},
"luminance": 0.40957
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59C4C
secondary
#A9C5E4
accent
#90F137
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C