#E59C5F#E59C5F
#E59C5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.117 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59C5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 156, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 58.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.36, 21.08, 42.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.36, 47.52, 63.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.23% 0.0592 0.1006) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.23% 0.117 59.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2700, 41.2650, 16.3523) |
| Luminance | 0.4126 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.06
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.78
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.48
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.99
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.00
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59C5F #5FA8E5
analogous
#E55F65 #E59C5F #E5DF5F
triadic
#E59C5F #5FE59C #9C5FE5
tetradic
#E59C5F #65E55F #5FA8E5 #DF5FE5
square
#E59C5F #65E55F #5FA8E5 #DF5FE5
split-complementary
#E59C5F #5FE5DF #5F65E5
monochromatic
#AD5E1C #DC7B2A #E59C5F #EEBD94 #F6DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E59C5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.25
#E59C5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59C5F
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59C5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59C5F | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.25 | 9.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A25A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B360
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59c5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 156, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.117 59.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b98e',
500: '#e59c5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59c5f; $custom-light: #f1b98e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59c5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 156,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.313,
"s": 72.043,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75231,
"c": 0.11675,
"h": 59.5
},
"luminance": 0.41261
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59C5F
secondary
#B8D2E8
accent
#7BD411
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D