#E59E5B#E59E5B
#E59E5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59E5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 158, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 60.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.78, 19.73, 45.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.78, 49.25, 66.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.54% 0.0546 0.1058) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.54% 0.119 62.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4312, 41.8709, 15.5320) |
| Luminance | 0.4187 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.99
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.58
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.91
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.66
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.32
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.65
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59E5B #5BA2E5
analogous
#E55B5D #E59E5B #E5E35B
triadic
#E59E5B #5BE59E #9E5BE5
tetradic
#E59E5B #5DE55B #5BA2E5 #E35BE5
square
#E59E5B #5DE55B #5BA2E5 #E35BE5
split-complementary
#E59E5B #5BE5E3 #5B5DE5
monochromatic
#AB611B #DD7F26 #E59E5B #EDBD90 #F6DCC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E59E5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.37
#E59E5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59E5B
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59E5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59E5B | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.37 | 9.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A455
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59e5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 62.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba8b',
500: '#e59e5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59e5b; $custom-light: #f1ba8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59e5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 158,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.13,
"s": 72.632,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75542,
"c": 0.11901,
"h": 62.7
},
"luminance": 0.41867
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59E5B
secondary
#B5CFE7
accent
#76D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D