#E5A459#E5A459

#E5A459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.120 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A459
RGB	rgb(229, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 16.39, 47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 50.50, 71.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0444 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.12 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3946, 43.9339, 15.4332)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A459 #599AE5

analogous

#E55E59 #E5A459 #E0E559

triadic

#E5A459 #59E5A4 #A459E5

tetradic

#E5A459 #59E55E #599AE5 #E559E0

square

#E5A459 #59E55E #599AE5 #E559E0

split-complementary

#E5A459 #59E0E5 #5E59E5

monochromatic

#A9671A #DD8724 #E5A459 #EDC18E #F6DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E5A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E5A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A459

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A459	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.120 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf8a',
    500: '#e5a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a459;
$custom-light: #f1bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76626,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A459

secondary

#B3CBE6

accent

#6CD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A459

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

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