#E5A26E#E5A26E
#E5A26E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.105 H 58.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A26E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 162, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 52%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.98, 19.09, 36.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.98, 41.46, 62.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.55% 0.0552 0.089) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.55% 0.105 58.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0505, 43.6281, 20.6391) |
| Luminance | 0.4362 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.81
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.23
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.67
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.67
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.41
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 7.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A26E #6EB1E5
analogous
#E56E76 #E5A26E #E5DD6E
triadic
#E5A26E #6EE5A2 #A26EE5
tetradic
#E5A26E #76E56E #6EB1E5 #DD6EE5
square
#E5A26E #76E56E #6EB1E5 #DD6EE5
split-complementary
#E5A26E #6EE5DD #6E76E5
monochromatic
#B86321 #DC813A #E5A26E #EEC3A2 #F8E5D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E5A26E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.72
#E5A26E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A26E
9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A26E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A26E | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.72 | 9.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A86A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B66E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79495
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a26e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.105 58.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bd98',
500: '#e5a26e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a26e; $custom-light: #f0bd98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a26e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 162,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.218,
"s": 69.591,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76554,
"c": 0.10469,
"h": 58.2
},
"luminance": 0.43624
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A26E
secondary
#C4DAEB
accent
#7FD214
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF6F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E