#E59E62#E59E62

#E59E62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.114 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59E62
RGB	rgb(229, 158, 98)
HSL	hsl(27, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 20.24, 41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 46.32, 64.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0571 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.114 60)
XYZ	xyz(46.7474, 41.9973, 17.1971)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59E62 #62A9E5

analogous

#E56268 #E59E62 #E5E062

triadic

#E59E62 #62E59E #9E62E5

tetradic

#E59E62 #68E562 #62A9E5 #E062E5

square

#E59E62 #68E562 #62A9E5 #E062E5

split-complementary

#E59E62 #62E5E0 #6268E5

monochromatic

#B0601D #DC7E2D #E59E62 #EEBE97 #F6DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E59E62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#E59E62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59E62

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59E62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59E62	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	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)

#B4A45D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59e62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.114 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ba90',
    500: '#e59e62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59e62;
$custom-light: #f1ba90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59e62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75638,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.41994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59E62

secondary

#BBD3E8

accent

#7BD412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59E62

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

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