#E59E46#E59E46
#E59E46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.133 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59E46 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 158, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 75%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 69%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 69.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.56, 18.44, 54.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.56, 57.97, 71.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.3% 0.0478 0.1239) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.3% 0.133 68.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.6487, 41.5579, 11.4105) |
| Luminance | 0.4155 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.63
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 4.88
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.52
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.80
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.86
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59E46 #468DE5
analogous
#E54E46 #E59E46 #DCE546
triadic
#E59E46 #46E59E #9E46E5
tetradic
#E59E46 #46E54E #468DE5 #E546DC
square
#E59E46 #46E54E #468DE5 #E546DC
split-complementary
#E59E46 #46DCE5 #4E46E5
monochromatic
#9B5F16 #D0801D #E59E46 #EDBA7C #F4D6B1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E59E46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.31
#E59E46 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59E46
9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59E46 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59E46 | 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)
#B6A33C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B348
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98D8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59e46; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.133 68.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba7d',
500: '#e59e46',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59e46; $custom-light: #f2ba7d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59e46",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 158,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 33.208,
"s": 75.355,
"l": 58.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75303,
"c": 0.13278,
"h": 68.9
},
"luminance": 0.41554
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59E46
secondary
#A4C0E3
accent
#8AF236
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF6EE
border
#D7D0C9
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C