#E5A355#E5A355
#E5A355 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.123 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A355 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 163, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 62.9%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.90, 16.65, 49.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.90, 52.12, 71.37°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.39% 0.0446 0.1143) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.39% 0.123 68.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0530, 43.5120, 14.5130) |
| Luminance | 0.4351 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.76
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.95
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.52
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.84
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.22
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.42
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A355 #5597E5
analogous
#E55B55 #E5A355 #DFE555
triadic
#E5A355 #55E5A3 #A355E5
tetradic
#E5A355 #55E55B #5597E5 #E555DF
square
#E5A355 #55E55B #5597E5 #E555DF
split-complementary
#E5A355 #55DFE5 #5B55E5
monochromatic
#A66619 #DB8622 #E5A355 #EDC08A #F5DCBF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E5A355 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.70
#E5A355 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A355
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A355 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A355 | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.70 | 9.70 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.70 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A74D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B657
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89391
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a355; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 163, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.123 68.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1be87',
500: '#e5a355',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a355; $custom-light: #f1be87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a355",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 163,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.5,
"s": 73.469,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76391,
"c": 0.12268,
"h": 68.7
},
"luminance": 0.43508
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A355
secondary
#B0C9E6
accent
#6BD610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C