#E5A544#E5A544

#E5A544 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.134 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A544
RGB	rgb(229, 165, 68)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 14.60, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 59.41, 75.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% 0.0363 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.134 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8148, 43.9894, 11.4929)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A544 #4484E5

analogous

#E55444 #E5A544 #D5E544

triadic

#E5A544 #44E5A5 #A544E5

tetradic

#E5A544 #44E554 #4484E5 #E544D5

square

#E5A544 #44E554 #4484E5 #E544D5

split-complementary

#E5A544 #44D5E5 #5444E5

monochromatic

#996515 #CF881D #E5A544 #ECBF7A #F4D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E5A544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#E5A544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A544

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A544	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.134 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bf7d',
    500: '#e5a544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a544;
$custom-light: #f2bf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.149,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7659,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A544

secondary

#A2BCE2

accent

#81F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A544

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

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