#E5A03E#E5A03E

#E5A03E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.137 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A03E
RGB	rgb(229, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 72.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 16.98, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 61.28, 73.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% 0.0424 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.137 72)
XYZ	xyz(45.7567, 42.1513, 10.2827)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A03E #3E83E5

analogous

#E54D3E #E5A03E #D6E53E

triadic

#E5A03E #3EE5A0 #A03EE5

tetradic

#E5A03E #3EE54D #3E83E5 #E53ED6

square

#E5A03E #3EE54D #3E83E5 #E53ED6

split-complementary

#E5A03E #3ED6E5 #4D3EE5

monochromatic

#955F14 #CB821B #E5A03E #ECBB74 #F4D5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E5A03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#E5A03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A03E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A03E	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)

#B8A431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.137 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bc79',
    500: '#e5a03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a03e;
$custom-light: #f2bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.21,
    "s": 76.256,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75602,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.42147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A03E

secondary

#9DBAE1

accent

#83F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A03E

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

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