#E59C5A#E59C5A
#E59C5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59C5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 156, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 60.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.30, 20.72, 45.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.30, 49.59, 65.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.16% 0.0574 0.1055) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.16% 0.12 61.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0500, 41.1770, 15.1935) |
| Luminance | 0.4117 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.01
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.06
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.94
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.15
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59C5A #5AA3E5
analogous
#E55A5E #E59C5A #E5E15A
triadic
#E59C5A #5AE59C #9C5AE5
tetradic
#E59C5A #5EE55A #5AA3E5 #E15AE5
square
#E59C5A #5EE55A #5AA3E5 #E15AE5
split-complementary
#E59C5A #5AE5E1 #5A5EE5
monochromatic
#AA5F1B #DD7C25 #E59C5A #EDBC8F #F6DBC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E59C5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.23
#E59C5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59C5A
9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59C5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59C5A | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.23 | 9.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A254
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B25B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59c5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 156, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 61.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b98a',
500: '#e59c5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59c5a; $custom-light: #f1b98a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59c5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 156,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.489,
"s": 72.775,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75163,
"c": 0.12011,
"h": 61.4
},
"luminance": 0.41173
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59C5A
secondary
#B4CFE7
accent
#78D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D