#E59C6C#E59C6C
#E59C6C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.108 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59C6C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 156, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 53%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 52.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.54, 22.12, 36.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.54, 42.28, 58.45°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.43% 0.064 0.0871) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.43% 0.108 53.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9110, 41.5214, 19.7282) |
| Luminance | 0.4152 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.09
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.20
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.78
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.27
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 6.77
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59C6C #6CB5E5
analogous
#E56C78 #E59C6C #E5D96C
triadic
#E59C6C #6CE59C #9C6CE5
tetradic
#E59C6C #78E56C #6CB5E5 #D96CE5
square
#E59C6C #78E56C #6CB5E5 #D96CE5
split-complementary
#E59C6C #6CE5D9 #6C78E5
monochromatic
#B65C20 #DC7938 #E59C6C #EEBFA0 #F7E2D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E59C6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.30
#E59C6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59C6C
9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59C6C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59C6C | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.30 | 9.30 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.30 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A368
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B36C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F78E90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59c6c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 156, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.108 53.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0b997',
500: '#e59c6c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59c6c; $custom-light: #f0b997; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59c6c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 156,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.802,
"s": 69.942,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75427,
"c": 0.1081,
"h": 53.7
},
"luminance": 0.41518
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59C6C
secondary
#C3DBEA
accent
#86D214
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E