#E59E61#E59E61

#E59E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59E61
RGB	rgb(229, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 20.17, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 46.74, 64.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0567 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.115 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7005, 41.9786, 16.9500)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59E61 #61A8E5

analogous

#E56166 #E59E61 #E5E061

triadic

#E59E61 #61E59E #9E61E5

tetradic

#E59E61 #66E561 #61A8E5 #E061E5

square

#E59E61 #66E561 #61A8E5 #E061E5

split-complementary

#E59E61 #61E5E0 #6166E5

monochromatic

#AF601D #DC7E2C #E59E61 #EEBE96 #F6DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E59E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#E59E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59E61

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59E61	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ba8f',
    500: '#e59e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59e61;
$custom-light: #f1ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.727,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75623,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59E61

secondary

#BAD3E8

accent

#7AD412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59E61

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

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