#E59D3E#E59D3E
#E59D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.138 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59D3E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 157, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 76%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 73%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 72.9%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.26, 18.58, 58.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.26, 61.05, 72.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.05% 0.0471 0.1292) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.05% 0.138 70) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.2429, 41.1237, 10.1114) |
| Luminance | 0.4112 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 3.98
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.77
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.13
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.73
Orange
#FFA500
ΔE00 6.20
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59D3E #3E86E5
analogous
#E54A3E #E59D3E #D9E53E
triadic
#E59D3E #3EE59D #9D3EE5
tetradic
#E59D3E #3EE54A #3E86E5 #E53ED9
square
#E59D3E #3EE54A #3E86E5 #E53ED9
split-complementary
#E59D3E #3ED9E5 #4A3EE5
monochromatic
#955D14 #CB7F1B #E59D3E #ECB874 #F4D4AA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E59D3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.22
#E59D3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59D3E
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59D3E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59D3E | 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)
#B5A232
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B340
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98B89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59d3e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 157, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.138 70.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba79',
500: '#e59d3e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59d3e; $custom-light: #f2ba79; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59d3e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 157,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 34.132,
"s": 76.256,
"l": 57.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75047,
"c": 0.13751,
"h": 70
},
"luminance": 0.4112
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59D3E
secondary
#9DBBE1
accent
#87F335
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF6EE
border
#D7D0C9
text
#181109
muted
#86807B