#E5A263#E5A263
#E5A263 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.113 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A263 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 162, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 71%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 56.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.83, 18.18, 42.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.83, 46.06, 66.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.39% 0.0511 0.1004) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.39% 0.113 63) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.4883, 43.4032, 17.6785) |
| Luminance | 0.4340 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.04
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.11
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.13
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.53
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.54
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A263 #63A6E5
analogous
#E56365 #E5A263 #E5E363
triadic
#E5A263 #63E5A2 #A263E5
tetradic
#E5A263 #65E563 #63A6E5 #E363E5
square
#E5A263 #65E563 #63A6E5 #E363E5
split-complementary
#E5A263 #63E5E3 #6365E5
monochromatic
#B0651D #DC832F #E5A263 #EEC197 #F6E1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#E5A263 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.68
#E5A263 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A263
9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A263 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A263 | 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)
#B7A75E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B664
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a263; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.113 63.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bd91',
500: '#e5a263',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a263; $custom-light: #f1bd91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a263",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 162,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.077,
"s": 71.429,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76387,
"c": 0.11266,
"h": 63
},
"luminance": 0.434
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A263
secondary
#BBD3E8
accent
#76D312
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817D