#E5A256#E5A256

#E5A256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.122 H 67.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A256
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 17.25, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 51.61, 70.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% 0.0465 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.122 67.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9161, 43.1743, 14.6648)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A256 #5699E5

analogous

#E55B56 #E5A256 #E1E556

triadic

#E5A256 #56E5A2 #A256E5

tetradic

#E5A256 #56E55B #5699E5 #E556E1

square

#E5A256 #56E55B #5699E5 #E556E1

split-complementary

#E5A256 #56E1E5 #5B56E5

monochromatic

#A7651A #DC8522 #E5A256 #EDBF8B #F5DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E5A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#E5A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A256

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A256	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)

#B8A64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.122 67.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd88',
    500: '#e5a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a256;
$custom-light: #f1bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.888,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76217,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 67.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A256

secondary

#B1CAE6

accent

#6DD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A256

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

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