#E59F61#E59F61
#E59F61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.115 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59F61 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 159, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 57.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.09, 19.63, 42.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.09, 46.77, 65.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.81% 0.0551 0.1005) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.81% 0.115 61.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8717, 42.3211, 17.0071) |
| Luminance | 0.4232 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.84
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.60
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.19
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.46
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.51
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59F61 #61A7E5
analogous
#E56165 #E59F61 #E5E161
triadic
#E59F61 #61E59F #9F61E5
tetradic
#E59F61 #65E561 #61A7E5 #E161E5
square
#E59F61 #65E561 #61A7E5 #E161E5
split-complementary
#E59F61 #61E5E1 #6165E5
monochromatic
#AF611D #DC7F2C #E59F61 #EEBF96 #F6DFCA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E59F61 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.46
#E59F61 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59F61
9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59F61 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59F61 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.46 | 9.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A55C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B462
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89090
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59f61; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 159, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.115 61.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bb8f',
500: '#e59f61',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59f61; $custom-light: #f1bb8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59f61",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 159,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.182,
"s": 71.739,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75807,
"c": 0.11464,
"h": 61.3
},
"luminance": 0.42317
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59F61
secondary
#BAD2E8
accent
#79D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D