#E5A265#E5A265

#E5A265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.111 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A265
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 101)
HSL	hsl(29, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 18.34, 41.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 45.21, 66.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% 0.0518 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.111 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5851, 43.4419, 18.1883)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A265 #65A8E5

analogous

#E56568 #E5A265 #E5E265

triadic

#E5A265 #65E5A2 #A265E5

tetradic

#E5A265 #68E565 #65A8E5 #E265E5

square

#E5A265 #68E565 #65A8E5 #E265E5

split-complementary

#E5A265 #65E5E2 #6568E5

monochromatic

#B2641E #DC8231 #E5A265 #EEC299 #F7E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E5A265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#E5A265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A265

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A265	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.111 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd92',
    500: '#e5a265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a265;
$custom-light: #f1bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.594,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76416,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A265

secondary

#BDD4E9

accent

#77D312

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A265

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

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