#E59D4F#E59D4F
#E59D4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59D4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 157, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 74%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 66%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 65.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.41, 19.48, 50.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.41, 54.22, 68.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.21% 0.0521 0.116) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.21% 0.127 65.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.7845, 41.3404, 12.9638) |
| Luminance | 0.4134 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.05
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.17
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.55
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.31
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59D4F #4F97E5
analogous
#E5524F #E59D4F #E2E54F
triadic
#E59D4F #4FE59D #9D4FE5
tetradic
#E59D4F #4FE552 #4F97E5 #E54FE2
square
#E59D4F #4FE552 #4F97E5 #E54FE2
split-complementary
#E59D4F #4FE2E5 #524FE5
monochromatic
#A26018 #D77F20 #E59D4F #EDBB84 #F5D8BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E59D4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.27
#E59D4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59D4F
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59D4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59D4F | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.27 | 9.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A247
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B350
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59d4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 157, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 65.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba83',
500: '#e59d4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59d4f; $custom-light: #f2ba83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59d4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 157,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.2,
"s": 74.257,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75213,
"c": 0.1272,
"h": 65.8
},
"luminance": 0.41336
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59D4F
secondary
#ABC7E5
accent
#6FD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C