#E5835B#E5835B

#E5835B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.133 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5835B
RGB	rgb(229, 131, 91)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.8%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, 34.03, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 50.84, 47.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% 0.0977 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.133 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3209, 33.6503, 14.1619)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5835B #5BBDE5

analogous

#E55B78 #E5835B #E5C85B

triadic

#E5835B #5BE583 #835BE5

tetradic

#E5835B #78E55B #5BBDE5 #C85BE5

square

#E5835B #78E55B #5BBDE5 #C85BE5

split-complementary

#E5835B #5BE5C8 #5B78E5

monochromatic

#AB451B #DD5B26 #E5835B #EDAB90 #F6D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#E5835B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#E5835B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5835B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5835B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5835B	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F97179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5835b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 131, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.133 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2a88a',
    500: '#e5835b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5835b;
$custom-light: #f2a88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5835b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70831,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5835B

secondary

#B5D8E7

accent

#9CD511

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5835B

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

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