#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 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 162, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 62.9%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.66, 17.19, 49.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.66, 52.04, 70.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.21% 0.0462 0.1137) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.21% 0.123 67.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8761, 43.1583, 14.4541) |
| Luminance | 0.4315 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.63
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.83
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.32
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.11
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.11
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.53
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A255 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.63 | 9.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
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