#E5A156#E5A156

#E5A156 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.122 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A156
RGB	rgb(229, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(31, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(31, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 17.78, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 51.53, 69.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0481 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.122 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.7407, 42.8234, 14.6063)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A156 #569AE5

analogous

#E55A56 #E5A156 #E1E556

triadic

#E5A156 #56E5A1 #A156E5

tetradic

#E5A156 #56E55A #569AE5 #E556E1

square

#E5A156 #56E55A #569AE5 #E556E1

split-complementary

#E5A156 #56E1E5 #5A56E5

monochromatic

#A7641A #DC8322 #E5A156 #EDBF8B #F5DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E5A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#E5A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A156

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A156	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)

#B7A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.122 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bc88',
    500: '#e5a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a156;
$custom-light: #f1bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.469,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76031,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A156

secondary

#B1CAE6

accent

#6ED510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A156

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

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