#E59D5F#E59D5F
#E59D5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.116 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59D5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 157, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 58.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.60, 20.55, 42.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.60, 47.54, 64.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.41% 0.0576 0.1013) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.41% 0.116 60.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4385, 41.6020, 16.4084) |
| Luminance | 0.4160 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.92
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.05
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.29
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.79
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.26
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59D5F #5FA7E5
analogous
#E55F64 #E59D5F #E5E05F
triadic
#E59D5F #5FE59D #9D5FE5
tetradic
#E59D5F #64E55F #5FA7E5 #E05FE5
square
#E59D5F #64E55F #5FA7E5 #E05FE5
split-complementary
#E59D5F #5FE5E0 #5F64E5
monochromatic
#AD5F1C #DC7D2A #E59D5F #EEBD94 #F6DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E59D5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.32
#E59D5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59D5F
9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59D5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59D5F | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.32 | 9.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A35A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B360
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59d5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 157, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.116 60.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba8e',
500: '#e59d5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59d5f; $custom-light: #f1ba8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59d5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 157,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.761,
"s": 72.043,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75413,
"c": 0.11648,
"h": 60.4
},
"luminance": 0.41598
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59D5F
secondary
#B8D2E8
accent
#7AD411
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D