#E5A460#E5A460
#E5A460 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.115 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A460 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 164, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 58.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.27, 16.89, 44.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.27, 47.48, 69.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.72% 0.0468 0.1047) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.72% 0.115 65.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7027, 44.0571, 17.0555) |
| Luminance | 0.4405 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.75
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.17
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.23
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.67
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.52
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 7.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A460 #60A1E5
analogous
#E56160 #E5A460 #E3E560
triadic
#E5A460 #60E5A4 #A460E5
tetradic
#E5A460 #60E561 #60A1E5 #E560E3
square
#E5A460 #60E561 #60A1E5 #E560E3
split-complementary
#E5A460 #60E3E5 #6160E5
monochromatic
#AE671C #DC862B #E5A460 #EEC295 #F6E0C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#E5A460 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.81
#E5A460 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A460
9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A460 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A460 | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.81 | 9.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A85A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a460; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 164, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.115 65.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bf8f',
500: '#e5a460',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a460; $custom-light: #f1bf8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a460",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 164,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.677,
"s": 71.892,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76717,
"c": 0.11465,
"h": 65.9
},
"luminance": 0.44053
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A460
secondary
#B9D0E8
accent
#71D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D