#E59D5D#E59D5D
#E59D5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.118 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59D5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 157, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 59.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.57, 20.40, 43.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.57, 48.37, 65.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.39% 0.0569 0.1032) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.39% 0.118 61.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3488, 41.5661, 15.9358) |
| Luminance | 0.4156 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.90
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.11
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.12
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.76
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.40
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59D5D #5DA5E5
analogous
#E55D61 #E59D5D #E5E15D
triadic
#E59D5D #5DE59D #9D5DE5
tetradic
#E59D5D #61E55D #5DA5E5 #E15DE5
square
#E59D5D #61E55D #5DA5E5 #E15DE5
split-complementary
#E59D5D #5DE5E1 #5D61E5
monochromatic
#AC601C #DD7D28 #E59D5D #EDBD92 #F6DDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E59D5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.31
#E59D5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59D5D
9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59D5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59D5D | 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)
#B3A357
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59d5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 157, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.118 61.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba8c',
500: '#e59d5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59d5d; $custom-light: #f1ba8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59d5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 157,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.235,
"s": 72.34,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75385,
"c": 0.11785,
"h": 61.1
},
"luminance": 0.41562
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59D5D
secondary
#B7D0E7
accent
#78D411
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D