#E59E50#E59E50
#E59E50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.126 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59E50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 158, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 65.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.66, 19.00, 50.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.66, 53.86, 69.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.41% 0.0509 0.1157) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.41% 0.126 66.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9910, 41.6948, 13.2136) |
| Luminance | 0.4169 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.31
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.04
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.08
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.83
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.34
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59E50 #5097E5
analogous
#E55350 #E59E50 #E2E550
triadic
#E59E50 #50E59E #9E50E5
tetradic
#E59E50 #50E553 #5097E5 #E550E2
square
#E59E50 #50E553 #5097E5 #E550E2
split-complementary
#E59E50 #50E2E5 #5350E5
monochromatic
#A26118 #D88020 #E59E50 #EDBC85 #F5D9BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E59E50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.34
#E59E50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59E50
9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59E50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59E50 | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.34 | 9.34 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A348
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B351
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59e50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.126 66.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba84',
500: '#e59e50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59e50; $custom-light: #f2ba84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59e50",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 158,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.409,
"s": 74.129,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75408,
"c": 0.12643,
"h": 66.3
},
"luminance": 0.41691
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59E50
secondary
#ACC7E5
accent
#6ED60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C