#E5A555#E5A555

#E5A555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.123 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A555
RGB	rgb(229, 165, 85)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 15.59, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 52.31, 72.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% 0.0415 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.123 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4109, 44.2278, 14.6324)
Luminance	0.4422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A555 #5595E5

analogous

#E55D55 #E5A555 #DDE555

triadic

#E5A555 #55E5A5 #A555E5

tetradic

#E5A555 #55E55D #5595E5 #E555DD

square

#E5A555 #55E55D #5595E5 #E555DD

split-complementary

#E5A555 #55DDE5 #5D55E5

monochromatic

#A66819 #DB8922 #E5A555 #EDC18A #F5DDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E5A555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#E5A555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A555

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A555	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.123 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf87',
    500: '#e5a555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a555;
$custom-light: #f1bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76765,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A555

secondary

#B0C8E6

accent

#68D610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A555

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

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