#E59C50#E59C50
#E59C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.127 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59C50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 156, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 65.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.19, 20.07, 49.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.19, 53.75, 68.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.04% 0.054 0.1146) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.04% 0.127 64.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.6527, 41.0181, 13.1008) |
| Luminance | 0.4101 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.97
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.00
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.49
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.23
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59C50 #5099E5
analogous
#E55150 #E59C50 #E3E550
triadic
#E59C50 #50E59C #9C50E5
tetradic
#E59C50 #50E551 #5099E5 #E550E3
square
#E59C50 #50E551 #5099E5 #E550E3
split-complementary
#E59C50 #50E3E5 #5150E5
monochromatic
#A25F18 #D87E20 #E59C50 #EDBA85 #F5D8BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E59C50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.20
#E59C50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59C50
9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59C50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59C50 | 1.00 | 2.28 | 9.20 | 9.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A248
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B251
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59c50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 156, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.127 64.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b984',
500: '#e59c50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59c50; $custom-light: #f2b984; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59c50",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 156,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.604,
"s": 74.129,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75041,
"c": 0.1267,
"h": 64.8
},
"luminance": 0.41014
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59C50
secondary
#ACC8E5
accent
#71D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C