#E59C56#E59C56
#E59C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59C56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 156, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 62.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.25, 20.45, 47.00) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.25, 51.26, 66.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.11% 0.056 0.1092) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.11% 0.123 62.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8843, 41.1107, 14.3209) |
| Luminance | 0.4111 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.26
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.28
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.91
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.05
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.09
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59C56 #569FE5
analogous
#E55658 #E59C56 #E5E456
triadic
#E59C56 #56E59C #9C56E5
tetradic
#E59C56 #58E556 #569FE5 #E456E5
square
#E59C56 #58E556 #569FE5 #E456E5
split-complementary
#E59C56 #56E5E4 #5658E5
monochromatic
#A75F1A #DC7D22 #E59C56 #EDBB8B #F5DAC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E59C56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.22
#E59C56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59C56
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59C56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59C56 | 1.00 | 2.28 | 9.22 | 9.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A24F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B257
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59c56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 156, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 62.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b988',
500: '#e59c56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59c56; $custom-light: #f1b988; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59c56",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 156,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.371,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75112,
"c": 0.12277,
"h": 62.8
},
"luminance": 0.41107
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59C56
secondary
#B1CCE6
accent
#75D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C