#E59E69#E59E69
#E59E69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59E69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 158, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 70%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 54%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 54.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.96, 20.80, 38.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.96, 43.45, 61.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.74% 0.0597 0.0917) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.74% 0.109 56.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0925, 42.1354, 19.0145) |
| Luminance | 0.4213 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.82
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.71
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.63
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.21
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.26
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59E69 #69B0E5
analogous
#E56972 #E59E69 #E5DC69
triadic
#E59E69 #69E59E #9E69E5
tetradic
#E59E69 #72E569 #69B0E5 #DC69E5
square
#E59E69 #72E569 #69B0E5 #DC69E5
split-complementary
#E59E69 #69E5DC #6972E5
monochromatic
#B45F1F #DC7C35 #E59E69 #EEC09D #F7E1D1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E59E69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.43
#E59E69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59E69
9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59E69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59E69 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.43 | 9.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A465
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B469
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79091
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59e69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 158, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 56.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba95',
500: '#e59e69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59e69; $custom-light: #f1ba95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59e69",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 158,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.645,
"s": 70.455,
"l": 65.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75742,
"c": 0.10936,
"h": 56.9
},
"luminance": 0.42132
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59E69
secondary
#C0D8EA
accent
#81D213
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E