#E59D5B#E59D5B
#E59D5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.119 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59D5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 157, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 60.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.55, 20.26, 44.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.55, 49.21, 65.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.36% 0.0562 0.1052) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.36% 0.119 61.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2614, 41.5311, 15.4754) |
| Luminance | 0.4153 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.95
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.22
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.99
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.78
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.40
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59D5B #5BA3E5
analogous
#E55B5E #E59D5B #E5E25B
triadic
#E59D5B #5BE59D #9D5BE5
tetradic
#E59D5B #5EE55B #5BA3E5 #E25BE5
square
#E59D5B #5EE55B #5BA3E5 #E25BE5
split-complementary
#E59D5B #5BE5E2 #5B5EE5
monochromatic
#AB601B #DD7D26 #E59D5B #EDBD90 #F6DCC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E59D5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.31
#E59D5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59D5B
9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59D5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59D5B | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.31 | 9.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A355
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59d5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 157, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.119 61.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba8b',
500: '#e59d5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59d5b; $custom-light: #f1ba8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59d5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 157,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.696,
"s": 72.632,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75359,
"c": 0.11921,
"h": 61.9
},
"luminance": 0.41527
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59D5B
secondary
#B5CFE7
accent
#77D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D