#E5A359#E5A359
#E5A359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.120 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A359 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 163, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 61.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.95, 16.92, 47.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.95, 50.41, 70.39°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.44% 0.046 0.1107) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.44% 0.12 67.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2164, 43.5774, 15.3737) |
| Luminance | 0.4357 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.35
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.04
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.25
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.78
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.33
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A359 #599BE5
analogous
#E55D59 #E5A359 #E1E559
triadic
#E5A359 #59E5A3 #A359E5
tetradic
#E5A359 #59E55D #599BE5 #E559E1
square
#E5A359 #59E55D #599BE5 #E559E1
split-complementary
#E5A359 #59E1E5 #5D59E5
monochromatic
#A9661A #DD8624 #E5A359 #EDC08E #F6DEC3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E5A359 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.71
#E5A359 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A359
9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A359 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A359 | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.71 | 9.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A752
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B65A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89492
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a359; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 163, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.120 67.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1be8a',
500: '#e5a359',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a359; $custom-light: #f1be8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a359",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 163,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.714,
"s": 72.917,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7644,
"c": 0.11982,
"h": 67.4
},
"luminance": 0.43574
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A359
secondary
#B3CBE6
accent
#6DD510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D