#E99D59#E99D59
#E99D59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.124 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E99D59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(233, 157, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 77%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.6%, 61.8%, 8.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.98, 21.77, 46.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.98, 51.32, 64.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.79% 0.0601 0.1084) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.79% 0.124 61) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.4676, 42.1629, 15.0876) |
| Luminance | 0.4216 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.35
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.55
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.32
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.41
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.81
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E99D59 #59A5E9
analogous
#E9595D #E99D59 #E9E559
triadic
#E99D59 #59E99D #9D59E9
tetradic
#E99D59 #5DE959 #59A5E9 #E559E9
square
#E99D59 #5DE959 #59A5E9 #E559E9
split-complementary
#E99D59 #59E9E5 #595DE9
monochromatic
#B06017 #E27D23 #E99D59 #F0BD8F #F7DDC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E99D59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.43
#E99D59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E99D59
9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E99D59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E99D59 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.43 | 9.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A353
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B55A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FD8D8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e99d59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 157, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.124 61.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4ba8a',
500: '#e99d59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e99d59; $custom-light: #f4ba8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e99d59",
"rgb": {
"r": 233,
"g": 157,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.333,
"s": 76.596,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75791,
"c": 0.12391,
"h": 61
},
"luminance": 0.42159
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E99D59
secondary
#B5D0E9
accent
#78D90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D