#E5A162#E5A162

#E5A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A162
RGB	rgb(229, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(29, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 18.64, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 46.43, 66.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0523 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.114 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2654, 43.0333, 17.3698)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A162 #62A6E5

analogous

#E56265 #E5A162 #E5E362

triadic

#E5A162 #62E5A1 #A162E5

tetradic

#E5A162 #65E562 #62A6E5 #E362E5

square

#E5A162 #65E562 #62A6E5 #E362E5

split-complementary

#E5A162 #62E5E3 #6265E5

monochromatic

#B0641D #DC822D #E5A162 #EEC097 #F6E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E5A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#E5A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A162

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A162	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd90',
    500: '#e5a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a162;
$custom-light: #f1bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.855,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76188,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A162

secondary

#BBD2E8

accent

#76D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A162

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

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