#E59D61#E59D61
#E59D61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.115 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59D61 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 157, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 57.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.62, 20.70, 41.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.62, 46.71, 63.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.44% 0.0583 0.0993) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.44% 0.115 59.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5306, 41.6388, 16.8934) |
| Luminance | 0.4163 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.02
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.04
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.50
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.85
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.14
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59D61 #61A9E5
analogous
#E56167 #E59D61 #E5DF61
triadic
#E59D61 #61E59D #9D61E5
tetradic
#E59D61 #67E561 #61A9E5 #DF61E5
square
#E59D61 #67E561 #61A9E5 #DF61E5
split-complementary
#E59D61 #61E5DF #6167E5
monochromatic
#AF5F1D #DC7C2C #E59D61 #EEBE96 #F6DECA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E59D61 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.33
#E59D61 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59D61
9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59D61 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59D61 | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.33 | 9.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A35C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B362
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59d61; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 157, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.115 59.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba8f',
500: '#e59d61',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59d61; $custom-light: #f1ba8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59d61",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 157,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.273,
"s": 71.739,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75441,
"c": 0.11512,
"h": 59.6
},
"luminance": 0.41635
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59D61
secondary
#BAD3E8
accent
#7CD412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D