#E59E56#E59E56
#E59E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.122 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59E56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 158, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 62.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.72, 19.38, 47.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.72, 51.35, 67.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.48% 0.0529 0.1104) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.48% 0.122 64.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2227, 41.7875, 14.4337) |
| Luminance | 0.4178 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.49
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.85
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.07
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.64
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.90
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59E56 #569DE5
analogous
#E55756 #E59E56 #E4E556
triadic
#E59E56 #56E59E #9E56E5
tetradic
#E59E56 #56E557 #569DE5 #E556E4
square
#E59E56 #56E557 #569DE5 #E556E4
split-complementary
#E59E56 #56E4E5 #5756E5
monochromatic
#A7611A #DC8022 #E59E56 #EDBC8B #F5DBC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E59E56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.36
#E59E56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59E56
9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59E56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59E56 | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.36 | 9.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A34F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B457
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59e56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.122 64.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba88',
500: '#e59e56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59e56; $custom-light: #f1ba88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59e56",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 158,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.21,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75478,
"c": 0.12242,
"h": 64.4
},
"luminance": 0.41784
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59E56
secondary
#B1CBE6
accent
#72D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C