#E5A165#E5A165

#E5A165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.111 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A165
RGB	rgb(229, 161, 101)
HSL	hsl(28, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 18.88, 41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 45.17, 65.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0534 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.111 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4097, 43.0910, 18.1298)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A165 #65A9E5

analogous

#E56569 #E5A165 #E5E165

triadic

#E5A165 #65E5A1 #A165E5

tetradic

#E5A165 #69E565 #65A9E5 #E165E5

square

#E5A165 #69E565 #65A9E5 #E165E5

split-complementary

#E5A165 #65E5E1 #6569E5

monochromatic

#B2631E #DC8131 #E5A165 #EEC199 #F7E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E5A165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#E5A165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A165

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A165	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 161, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.111 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd92',
    500: '#e5a165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a165;
$custom-light: #f1bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.125,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76232,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A165

secondary

#BDD4E9

accent

#79D312

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A165

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

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