#E5A23A#E5A23A

#E5A23A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.140 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A23A
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 58)
HSL	hsl(36, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 74.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 15.73, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 62.97, 75.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% 0.0383 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.14 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0004, 42.8080, 9.8422)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A23A #3A7DE5

analogous

#E54D3A #E5A23A #D3E53A

triadic

#E5A23A #3AE5A2 #A23AE5

tetradic

#E5A23A #3AE54D #3A7DE5 #E53AD3

square

#E5A23A #3AE54D #3A7DE5 #E53AD3

split-complementary

#E5A23A #3AD3E5 #4D3AE5

monochromatic

#916013 #C7841A #E5A23A #ECBC70 #F3D5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E5A23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#E5A23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A23A

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A23A	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)

#BAA52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.140 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd77',
    500: '#e5a23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a23a;
$custom-light: #f2bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.491,
    "s": 76.682,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75943,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A23A

secondary

#9AB6E1

accent

#7FF335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A23A

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

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