#E59E60#E59E60

#E59E60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.116 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59E60
RGB	rgb(229, 158, 96)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, 20.09, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 47.15, 64.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0564 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.116 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6541, 41.9600, 16.7060)
Luminance	0.4196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59E60 #60A7E5

analogous

#E56064 #E59E60 #E5E060

triadic

#E59E60 #60E59E #9E60E5

tetradic

#E59E60 #64E560 #60A7E5 #E060E5

square

#E59E60 #64E560 #60A7E5 #E060E5

split-complementary

#E59E60 #60E5E0 #6064E5

monochromatic

#AE601C #DC7E2B #E59E60 #EEBE95 #F6DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E59E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#E59E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59E60

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59E60	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.116 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ba8e',
    500: '#e59e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59e60;
$custom-light: #f1ba8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.97,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59E60

secondary

#B9D2E8

accent

#79D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59E60

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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