#E5A155#E5A155
#E5A155 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A155 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 161, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 62.9%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.42, 17.72, 48.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.42, 51.96, 70.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.02% 0.0478 0.1131) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.02% 0.123 67.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7007, 42.8074, 14.3956) |
| Luminance | 0.4280 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.33
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.95
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.15
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.03
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.41
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A155 #5599E5
analogous
#E55955 #E5A155 #E1E555
triadic
#E5A155 #55E5A1 #A155E5
tetradic
#E5A155 #55E559 #5599E5 #E555E1
square
#E5A155 #55E559 #5599E5 #E555E1
split-complementary
#E5A155 #55E1E5 #5955E5
monochromatic
#A66419 #DB8422 #E5A155 #EDBE8A #F5DCBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E5A155 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.56
#E5A155 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A155
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A155 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A155 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.56 | 9.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A64E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B556
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89190
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a155; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 161, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 67.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bc87',
500: '#e5a155',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a155; $custom-light: #f1bc87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a155",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 161,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.667,
"s": 73.469,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76019,
"c": 0.12277,
"h": 67.1
},
"luminance": 0.42804
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A155
secondary
#B0C9E6
accent
#6DD610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C