#E5A43A#E5A43A

#E5A43A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.140 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A43A
RGB	rgb(229, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 74.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 14.67, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 63.17, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0352 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.14 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3555, 43.5183, 9.9606)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A43A #3A7BE5

analogous

#E54F3A #E5A43A #D1E53A

triadic

#E5A43A #3AE5A4 #A43AE5

tetradic

#E5A43A #3AE54F #3A7BE5 #E53AD1

square

#E5A43A #3AE54F #3A7BE5 #E53AD1

split-complementary

#E5A43A #3AD1E5 #4F3AE5

monochromatic

#916113 #C7861A #E5A43A #ECBD70 #F3D6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E5A43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#E5A43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A43A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A43A	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)

#BCA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.140 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2be77',
    500: '#e5a43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a43a;
$custom-light: #f2be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.193,
    "s": 76.682,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76319,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A43A

secondary

#9AB5E1

accent

#7DF335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A43A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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