#E5855E#E5855E

#E5855E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.130 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5855E
RGB	rgb(229, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(17, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.9%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, 33.20, 36.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 49.53, 47.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0956 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.13 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7242, 34.2455, 14.9475)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5855E #5EBEE5

analogous

#E55E7A #E5855E #E5C85E

triadic

#E5855E #5EE585 #855EE5

tetradic

#E5855E #7AE55E #5EBEE5 #C85EE5

square

#E5855E #7AE55E #5EBEE5 #C85EE5

split-complementary

#E5855E #5EE5C8 #5E7AE5

monochromatic

#AD461C #DC5D29 #E5855E #EEAD93 #F6D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#E5855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#E5855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5855E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5855E	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E915B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9747C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.130 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2a98c',
    500: '#e5855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5855e;
$custom-light: #f2a98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71207,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5855E

secondary

#B7DAE7

accent

#9CD411

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5855E

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

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