#E5A258#E5A258
#E5A258 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A258 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 162, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 61.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.70, 17.38, 47.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.70, 50.76, 69.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.24% 0.0472 0.111) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.24% 0.121 67) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9978, 43.2070, 15.0951) |
| Luminance | 0.4320 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.18
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.07
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.14
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.80
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.50
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A258 #589BE5
analogous
#E55B58 #E5A258 #E2E558
triadic
#E5A258 #58E5A2 #A258E5
tetradic
#E5A258 #58E55B #589BE5 #E558E2
square
#E5A258 #58E55B #589BE5 #E558E2
split-complementary
#E5A258 #58E2E5 #5B58E5
monochromatic
#A8651A #DD8523 #E5A258 #EDBF8D #F5DDC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E5A258 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.64
#E5A258 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A258
9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A258 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A258 | 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)
#B8A651
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B659
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89291
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a258; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 67.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bd89',
500: '#e5a258',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a258; $custom-light: #f1bd89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a258",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 162,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.489,
"s": 73.057,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76241,
"c": 0.1206,
"h": 67
},
"luminance": 0.43203
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A258
secondary
#B3CBE6
accent
#6ED510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D