#E59F55#E59F55
#E59F55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.123 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59F55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 159, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 62.9%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.95, 18.79, 48.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.95, 51.82, 68.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.65% 0.0509 0.1119) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.65% 0.123 65.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3540, 42.1140, 14.2800) |
| Luminance | 0.4211 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.81
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.92
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.30
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.61
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.96
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59F55 #559BE5
analogous
#E55755 #E59F55 #E3E555
triadic
#E59F55 #55E59F #9F55E5
tetradic
#E59F55 #55E557 #559BE5 #E555E3
square
#E59F55 #55E557 #559BE5 #E555E3
split-complementary
#E59F55 #55E3E5 #5755E5
monochromatic
#A66219 #DB8122 #E59F55 #EDBD8A #F5DBBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E59F55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.42
#E59F55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59F55
9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59F55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59F55 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.42 | 9.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A44E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B456
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88F8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59f55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 159, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.123 65.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bb87',
500: '#e59f55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59f55; $custom-light: #f1bb87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59f55",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 159,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.833,
"s": 73.469,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7565,
"c": 0.12296,
"h": 65.5
},
"luminance": 0.4211
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59F55
secondary
#B0CAE6
accent
#70D610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110B
muted
#85807C