#E5A246#E5A246

#E5A246 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.133 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A246
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 16.30, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 58.29, 73.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0415 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.133 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3421, 42.9447, 11.6416)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A246 #4689E5

analogous

#E55246 #E5A246 #D8E546

triadic

#E5A246 #46E5A2 #A246E5

tetradic

#E5A246 #46E552 #4689E5 #E546D8

square

#E5A246 #46E552 #4689E5 #E546D8

split-complementary

#E5A246 #46D8E5 #5246E5

monochromatic

#9B6316 #D0851D #E5A246 #EDBD7C #F4D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E5A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#E5A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A246

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A246	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.133 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd7e',
    500: '#e5a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a246;
$custom-light: #f2bd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.717,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76046,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A246

secondary

#A4BEE3

accent

#85F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A246

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

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