#E5A15A#E5A15A
#E5A15A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A15A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 161, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 60.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.48, 18.06, 46.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.48, 49.83, 68.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.08% 0.0495 0.1085) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.08% 0.119 65.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9064, 42.8897, 15.4790) |
| Luminance | 0.4289 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.63
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.94
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.45
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.57
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.87
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A15A #5A9EE5
analogous
#E55B5A #E5A15A #E4E55A
triadic
#E5A15A #5AE5A1 #A15AE5
tetradic
#E5A15A #5AE55B #5A9EE5 #E55AE4
square
#E5A15A #5AE55B #5A9EE5 #E55AE4
split-complementary
#E5A15A #5AE4E5 #5B5AE5
monochromatic
#AA641B #DD8325 #E5A15A #EDBF8F #F6DDC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E5A15A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.58
#E5A15A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A15A
9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A15A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A15A | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.58 | 9.58 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.58 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B55B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a15a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 161, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 65.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bc8a',
500: '#e5a15a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a15a; $custom-light: #f1bc8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a15a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 161,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.647,
"s": 72.775,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76081,
"c": 0.11926,
"h": 65.5
},
"luminance": 0.42886
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A15A
secondary
#B4CDE7
accent
#71D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D