#E5A559#E5A559

#E5A559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.120 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A559
RGB	rgb(229, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, 15.85, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 50.59, 71.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% 0.0428 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.12 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5743, 44.2932, 15.4930)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A559 #5999E5

analogous

#E55F59 #E5A559 #DFE559

triadic

#E5A559 #59E5A5 #A559E5

tetradic

#E5A559 #59E55F #5999E5 #E559DF

square

#E5A559 #59E55F #5999E5 #E559DF

split-complementary

#E5A559 #59DFE5 #5F59E5

monochromatic

#A9681A #DD8824 #E5A559 #EDC28E #F6DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E5A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#E5A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A559

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A559	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.120 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf8a',
    500: '#e5a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a559;
$custom-light: #f1bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76813,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A559

secondary

#B3CBE6

accent

#6AD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A559

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

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