#E5855C#E5855C

#E5855C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.131 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5855C
RGB	rgb(229, 133, 92)
HSL	hsl(18, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(18, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 33.06, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 50.21, 48.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% 0.0949 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.131 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6356, 34.2101, 14.4810)
Luminance	0.3421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5855C #5CBCE5

analogous

#E55C77 #E5855C #E5C95C

triadic

#E5855C #5CE585 #855CE5

tetradic

#E5855C #77E55C #5CBCE5 #C95CE5

square

#E5855C #77E55C #5CBCE5 #C95CE5

split-complementary

#E5855C #5CE5C9 #5C77E5

monochromatic

#AB461B #DD5D27 #E5855C #EDAD91 #F6D4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#E5855C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#E5855C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5855C

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5855C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5855C	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5855c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 133, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.131 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2a98b',
    500: '#e5855c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5855c;
$custom-light: #f2a98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5855c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.956,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5855C

secondary

#B6D8E7

accent

#9AD511

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5855C

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

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