#E5A556#E5A556

#E5A556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.122 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A556
RGB	rgb(229, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 15.65, 49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 51.88, 72.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% 0.0418 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.122 70)
XYZ	xyz(47.4509, 44.2438, 14.8431)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A556 #5696E5

analogous

#E55E56 #E5A556 #DDE556

triadic

#E5A556 #56E5A5 #A556E5

tetradic

#E5A556 #56E55E #5696E5 #E556DD

square

#E5A556 #56E55E #5696E5 #E556DD

split-complementary

#E5A556 #56DDE5 #5E56E5

monochromatic

#A7681A #DC8922 #E5A556 #EDC18B #F5DDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E5A556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E5A556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A556

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A556	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.122 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf88',
    500: '#e5a556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a556;
$custom-light: #f1bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.147,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76777,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.4424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A556

secondary

#B1C9E6

accent

#68D510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A556

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

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