#E5A257#E5A257

#E5A257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A257
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(32, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, 17.32, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 51.18, 70.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0469 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.121 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9567, 43.1905, 14.8785)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A257 #579AE5

analogous

#E55B57 #E5A257 #E1E557

triadic

#E5A257 #57E5A2 #A257E5

tetradic

#E5A257 #57E55B #579AE5 #E557E1

square

#E5A257 #57E55B #579AE5 #E557E1

split-complementary

#E5A257 #57E1E5 #5B57E5

monochromatic

#A8651A #DD8522 #E5A257 #EDBF8C #F5DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E5A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#E5A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A257

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A257	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd89',
    500: '#e5a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a257;
$custom-light: #f1bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.69,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76229,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A257

secondary

#B2CAE6

accent

#6DD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A257

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

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