#E97E59#E97E59

#E97E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.142 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E97E59
RGB	rgb(233, 126, 89)
HSL	hsl(15, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, 38.03, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 53.98, 45.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% 0.1093 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.142 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8718, 32.9713, 13.5556)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E97E59 #59C4E9

analogous

#E9597C #E97E59 #E9C659

triadic

#E97E59 #59E97E #7E59E9

tetradic

#E97E59 #7CE959 #59C4E9 #C659E9

square

#E97E59 #7CE959 #59C4E9 #C659E9

split-complementary

#E97E59 #59E9C6 #597CE9

monochromatic

#B03F17 #E25423 #E97E59 #F0A88F #F7D2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#E97E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#E97E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E97E59

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E97E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E97E59	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE6A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e97e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 126, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.142 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a589',
    500: '#e97e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e97e59;
$custom-light: #f5a589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e97e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.417,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70514,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E97E59

secondary

#B5DBE9

accent

#A4D90D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E97E59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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