#E5A43D#E5A43D

#E5A43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A43D
RGB	rgb(229, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 73.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 14.80, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 62.04, 76.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0359 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.138 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4341, 43.5497, 10.3743)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A43D #3D7EE5

analogous

#E5503D #E5A43D #D2E53D

triadic

#E5A43D #3DE5A4 #A43DE5

tetradic

#E5A43D #3DE550 #3D7EE5 #E53DD2

square

#E5A43D #3DE550 #3D7EE5 #E53DD2

split-complementary

#E5A43D #3DD2E5 #503DE5

monochromatic

#946214 #CA861B #E5A43D #ECBD73 #F3D7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E5A43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#E5A43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A43D

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A43D	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)

#BCA72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2be79',
    500: '#e5a43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a43d;
$custom-light: #f2be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.786,
    "s": 76.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76342,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A43D

secondary

#9DB7E1

accent

#7EF335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A43D

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

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