#E59F59#E59F59
#E59F59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59F59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 159, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 61.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.99, 19.05, 46.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.99, 50.14, 67.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.7% 0.0523 0.1083) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.7% 0.12 64.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5174, 42.1794, 15.1407) |
| Luminance | 0.4218 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.31
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.85
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.16
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.67
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.77
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59F59 #599FE5
analogous
#E55959 #E59F59 #E5E559
triadic
#E59F59 #59E59F #9F59E5
tetradic
#E59F59 #59E559 #599FE5 #E559E5
square
#E59F59 #59E559 #599FE5 #E559E5
split-complementary
#E59F59 #59E5E5 #5959E5
monochromatic
#A9621A #DD8024 #E59F59 #EDBE8E #F6DCC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E59F59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#E59F59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59F59
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59F59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59F59 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A452
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B45A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59f59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 159, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 64.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bb8a',
500: '#e59f59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59f59; $custom-light: #f1bb8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59f59",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 159,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 72.917,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75699,
"c": 0.12022,
"h": 64.2
},
"luminance": 0.42176
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59F59
secondary
#B3CDE6
accent
#73D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D