#E5A35C#E5A35C
#E5A35C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.118 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A35C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 163, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 59.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.98, 17.13, 46.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.98, 49.12, 69.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.48% 0.047 0.1079) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.48% 0.118 66.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.3449, 43.6288, 16.0508) |
| Luminance | 0.4363 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.12
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.34
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.49
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.50
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A35C #5C9EE5
analogous
#E55E5C #E5A35C #E2E55C
triadic
#E5A35C #5CE5A3 #A35CE5
tetradic
#E5A35C #5CE55E #5C9EE5 #E55CE2
square
#E5A35C #5CE55E #5C9EE5 #E55CE2
split-complementary
#E5A35C #5CE2E5 #5E5CE5
monochromatic
#AB661B #DD8527 #E5A35C #EDC191 #F6DFC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#E5A35C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.73
#E5A35C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A35C
9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A35C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A35C | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.73 | 9.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A755
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B75D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89492
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a35c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 163, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.118 66.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1be8c',
500: '#e5a35c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a35c; $custom-light: #f1be8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a35c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 163,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.095,
"s": 72.487,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76478,
"c": 0.11765,
"h": 66.5
},
"luminance": 0.43625
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A35C
secondary
#B6CDE7
accent
#6FD511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D