#E5A166#E5A166

#E5A166 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.111 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A166
RGB	rgb(229, 161, 102)
HSL	hsl(28, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, 18.95, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 44.75, 64.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0538 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.111 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4590, 43.1107, 18.3894)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A166 #66AAE5

analogous

#E5666A #E5A166 #E5E166

triadic

#E5A166 #66E5A1 #A166E5

tetradic

#E5A166 #6AE566 #66AAE5 #E166E5

square

#E5A166 #6AE566 #66AAE5 #E166E5

split-complementary

#E5A166 #66E5E1 #666AE5

monochromatic

#B2631E #DC8132 #E5A166 #EEC19A #F7E1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E5A166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#E5A166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A166

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A166	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)

#B6A661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 161, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.111 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd93',
    500: '#e5a166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a166;
$custom-light: #f1bd93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.874,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76246,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A166

secondary

#BED5E9

accent

#7AD313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A166

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

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