#E5A462#E5A462

#E5A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A462
RGB	rgb(229, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(30, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 17.04, 43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 46.62, 68.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0475 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.113 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7959, 44.0944, 17.5466)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A462 #62A3E5

analogous

#E56362 #E5A462 #E5E562

triadic

#E5A462 #62E5A4 #A462E5

tetradic

#E5A462 #62E563 #62A3E5 #E562E5

square

#E5A462 #62E563 #62A3E5 #E562E5

split-complementary

#E5A462 #62E5E5 #6362E5

monochromatic

#B0671D #DC862D #E5A462 #EEC297 #F6E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E5A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#E5A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A462

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A462	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf90',
    500: '#e5a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a462;
$custom-light: #f1bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.229,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76744,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A462

secondary

#BBD1E8

accent

#72D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A462

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

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