#E59F5B#E59F5B
#E59F5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.119 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59F5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 159, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 60.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.02, 19.19, 45.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.02, 49.29, 67.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.72% 0.053 0.1064) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.72% 0.119 63.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.6025, 42.2134, 15.5891) |
| Luminance | 0.4221 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.10
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.87
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.96
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.57
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.05
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.79
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59F5B #5BA1E5
analogous
#E55B5C #E59F5B #E5E45B
triadic
#E59F5B #5BE59F #9F5BE5
tetradic
#E59F5B #5CE55B #5BA1E5 #E45BE5
square
#E59F5B #5CE55B #5BA1E5 #E45BE5
split-complementary
#E59F5B #5BE5E4 #5B5CE5
monochromatic
#AB621B #DD8026 #E59F5B #EDBE90 #F6DDC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E59F5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#E59F5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59F5B
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59F5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59F5B | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 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)
#B5A455
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B45C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59f5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 159, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.119 63.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bb8b',
500: '#e59f5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59f5b; $custom-light: #f1bb8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59f5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 159,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.565,
"s": 72.632,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75725,
"c": 0.11884,
"h": 63.5
},
"luminance": 0.4221
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59F5B
secondary
#B5CEE7
accent
#74D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D