#E5A048#E5A048

#E5A048 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.131 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A048
RGB	rgb(229, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(34, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 17.48, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 57.31, 72.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0452 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.131 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0568, 42.2714, 11.8632)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A048 #488DE5

analogous

#E55248 #E5A048 #DBE548

triadic

#E5A048 #48E5A0 #A048E5

tetradic

#E5A048 #48E552 #488DE5 #E548DB

square

#E5A048 #48E552 #488DE5 #E548DB

split-complementary

#E5A048 #48DBE5 #5248E5

monochromatic

#9C6116 #D2831E #E5A048 #EDBC7E #F4D8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E5A048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#E5A048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A048

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A048	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.131 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bc7f',
    500: '#e5a048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a048;
$custom-light: #f2bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.631,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75693,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A048

secondary

#A6C1E3

accent

#89F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A048

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

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