#E59E55#E59E55
#E59E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59E55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 158, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 62.9%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.71, 19.32, 48.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.71, 51.77, 68.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.47% 0.0525 0.1113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.47% 0.123 64.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1827, 41.7715, 14.2230) |
| Luminance | 0.4177 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.61
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.87
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.19
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.52
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.97
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59E55 #559CE5
analogous
#E55655 #E59E55 #E4E555
triadic
#E59E55 #55E59E #9E55E5
tetradic
#E59E55 #55E556 #559CE5 #E555E4
square
#E59E55 #55E556 #559CE5 #E555E4
split-complementary
#E59E55 #55E4E5 #5655E5
monochromatic
#A66119 #DB8022 #E59E55 #EDBC8A #F5DBBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E59E55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.35
#E59E55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59E55
9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59E55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59E55 | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.35 | 9.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A34E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B456
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59e55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 64.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba87',
500: '#e59e55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59e55; $custom-light: #f1ba87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59e55",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 158,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.417,
"s": 73.469,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75466,
"c": 0.1231,
"h": 64.7
},
"luminance": 0.41768
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59E55
secondary
#B0CBE6
accent
#71D610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C