#E5A255#E5A255

#E5A255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.123 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5A255
RGBrgb(229, 162, 85)
HSLhsl(32, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(32, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29.3%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.66, 17.19, 49.12)
CIE-LCHlch(71.66, 52.04, 70.72°)
OKLaboklab(76.21% 0.0462 0.1137)
OKLCHoklch(76.21% 0.123 67.9)
XYZxyz(46.8761, 43.1583, 14.4541)
Luminance0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5A255 #5598E5
analogous
#E55A55 #E5A255 #E0E555
triadic
#E5A255 #55E5A2 #A255E5
tetradic
#E5A255 #55E55A #5598E5 #E555E0
square
#E5A255 #55E55A #5598E5 #E555E0
split-complementary
#E5A255 #55E0E5 #5A55E5
monochromatic
#A66519 #DB8522 #E5A255 #EDBF8A #F5DCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#E5A255 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63
#E5A255 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A255
9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5A255#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5A2551.002.189.639.63
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6321.001.001.00
##0000009.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A64D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B657
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.123 67.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd87',
    500: '#e5a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5a255;
$custom-light: #f1bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76205,
    "c": 0.12271,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5A255
secondary
#B0C9E6
accent
#6CD610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A255

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#E5A255 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva