#E59E3A#E59E3A

#E59E3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.140 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59E3A
RGB	rgb(229, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(35, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 74.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.47, 17.87, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.47, 62.64, 73.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0445 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.14 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.3070, 41.4212, 9.6111)
Luminance	0.4142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59E3A #3A81E5

analogous

#E5493A #E59E3A #D7E53A

triadic

#E59E3A #3AE59E #9E3AE5

tetradic

#E59E3A #3AE549 #3A81E5 #E53AD7

square

#E59E3A #3AE549 #3A81E5 #E53AD7

split-complementary

#E59E3A #3AD7E5 #493AE5

monochromatic

#915D13 #C7801A #E59E3A #ECB970 #F3D3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E59E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#E59E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59E3A

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59E3A	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.140 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ba76',
    500: '#e59e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59e3a;
$custom-light: #f3ba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.088,
    "s": 76.682,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75199,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59E3A

secondary

#9AB7E1

accent

#84F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181109

muted

#86807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59E3A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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