#E59E4C#E59E4C
#E59E4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59E4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 158, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 66.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.62, 18.77, 52.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.62, 55.52, 70.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.36% 0.0496 0.1191) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.36% 0.129 67.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8476, 41.6374, 12.4583) |
| Luminance | 0.4163 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.79
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.90
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.36
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.71
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.08
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59E4C #4C93E5
analogous
#E5524C #E59E4C #DFE54C
triadic
#E59E4C #4CE59E #9E4CE5
tetradic
#E59E4C #4CE552 #4C93E5 #E54CDF
square
#E59E4C #4CE552 #4C93E5 #E54CDF
split-complementary
#E59E4C #4CDFE5 #524CE5
monochromatic
#9F6017 #D5801F #E59E4C #EDBB81 #F5D8B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E59E4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.33
#E59E4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59E4C
9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59E4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59E4C | 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)
#B5A343
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B34E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98D8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59e4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 67.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba81',
500: '#e59e4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59e4c; $custom-light: #f2ba81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59e4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 158,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.157,
"s": 74.634,
"l": 59.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75364,
"c": 0.12902,
"h": 67.4
},
"luminance": 0.41634
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59E4C
secondary
#A9C4E4
accent
#8DF137
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C