#E5A266#E5A266
#E5A266 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A266 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 162, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 71%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 55%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 55.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.87, 18.42, 40.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.87, 44.79, 65.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.43% 0.0522 0.0974) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.43% 0.11 61.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6344, 43.4616, 18.4479) |
| Luminance | 0.4346 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.01
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.11
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.35
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.42
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.16
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 7.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A266 #66A9E5
analogous
#E5666A #E5A266 #E5E166
triadic
#E5A266 #66E5A2 #A266E5
tetradic
#E5A266 #6AE566 #66A9E5 #E166E5
square
#E5A266 #6AE566 #66A9E5 #E166E5
split-complementary
#E5A266 #66E5E1 #666AE5
monochromatic
#B2641E #DC8232 #E5A266 #EEC29A #F7E2CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#E5A266 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#E5A266 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A266
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A266 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A266 | 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)
#B7A761
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B667
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a266; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 61.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bd93',
500: '#e5a266',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a266; $custom-light: #f1bd93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a266",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 162,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.346,
"s": 70.95,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76431,
"c": 0.11048,
"h": 61.8
},
"luminance": 0.43458
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A266
secondary
#BED5E9
accent
#78D313
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E