#E5A262#E5A262

#E5A262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.113 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A262
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(29, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 18.11, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 46.49, 67.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0507 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.113 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4408, 43.3842, 17.4283)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A262 #62A5E5

analogous

#E56264 #E5A262 #E5E462

triadic

#E5A262 #62E5A2 #A262E5

tetradic

#E5A262 #64E562 #62A5E5 #E462E5

square

#E5A262 #64E562 #62A5E5 #E462E5

split-complementary

#E5A262 #62E5E4 #6264E5

monochromatic

#B0651D #DC832D #E5A262 #EEC197 #F6E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E5A262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#E5A262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A262

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A262	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.113 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd90',
    500: '#e5a262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a262;
$custom-light: #f1bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.313,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76373,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A262

secondary

#BBD2E8

accent

#75D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A262

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

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