#EB9D59#EB9D59
#EB9D59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EB9D59 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(235, 157, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 78%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 62%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 62.1%, 7.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.22, 22.59, 46.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.22, 51.97, 64.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.02% 0.0624 0.109) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.02% 0.126 60.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.1243, 42.5016, 15.1183) |
| Luminance | 0.4250 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.07
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.19
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.09
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.25
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.34
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EB9D59 #59A7EB
analogous
#EB595E #EB9D59 #EBE659
triadic
#EB9D59 #59EB9D #9D59EB
tetradic
#EB9D59 #5EEB59 #59A7EB #E659EB
square
#EB9D59 #5EEB59 #59A7EB #E659EB
split-complementary
#EB9D59 #59EBE6 #595EEB
monochromatic
#B45F16 #E47D22 #EB9D59 #F2BD90 #F8DDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#EB9D59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.50
#EB9D59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EB9D59
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EB9D59 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EB9D59 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A453
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B55A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #eb9d59; /* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 157, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 60.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6ba8a',
500: '#eb9d59',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #eb9d59; $custom-light: #f6ba8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#eb9d59",
"rgb": {
"r": 235,
"g": 157,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.945,
"s": 78.495,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76022,
"c": 0.12561,
"h": 60.2
},
"luminance": 0.42497
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EB9D59
secondary
#B6D2EA
accent
#7ADB0B
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D