#E5A456#E5A456
#E5A456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.122 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A456 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 164, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 62.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.15, 16.18, 49.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.15, 51.79, 71.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.59% 0.0434 0.114) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.59% 0.122 69.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2712, 43.8845, 14.7832) |
| Luminance | 0.4388 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.78
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.14
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.67
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.70
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.25
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A456 #5697E5
analogous
#E55D56 #E5A456 #DFE556
triadic
#E5A456 #56E5A4 #A456E5
tetradic
#E5A456 #56E55D #5697E5 #E556DF
square
#E5A456 #56E55D #5697E5 #E556DF
split-complementary
#E5A456 #56DFE5 #5D56E5
monochromatic
#A7671A #DC8722 #E5A456 #EDC18B #F5DDC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#E5A456 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.78
#E5A456 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A456
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A456 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A456 | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.78 | 9.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA84E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B758
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89492
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a456; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 164, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.122 69.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bf88',
500: '#e5a456',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a456; $custom-light: #f1bf88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a456",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 164,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.727,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7659,
"c": 0.12195,
"h": 69.2
},
"luminance": 0.43881
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A456
secondary
#B1C9E6
accent
#6AD510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C