#E5A55A#E5A55A
#E5A55A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A55A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 165, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 60.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.44, 15.92, 47.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.44, 50.16, 71.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.83% 0.0431 0.111) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.83% 0.119 68.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6166, 44.3101, 15.7157) |
| Luminance | 0.4431 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.90
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.99
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.61
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.93
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.93
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A55A #5A9AE5
analogous
#E55F5A #E5A55A #E0E55A
triadic
#E5A55A #5AE5A5 #A55AE5
tetradic
#E5A55A #5AE55F #5A9AE5 #E55AE0
square
#E5A55A #5AE55F #5A9AE5 #E55AE0
split-complementary
#E5A55A #5AE0E5 #5F5AE5
monochromatic
#AA681B #DD8825 #E5A55A #EDC28F #F6DFC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E5A55A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.86
#E5A55A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A55A
9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A55A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A55A | 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)
#BBA953
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89694
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a55a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 68.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bf8b',
500: '#e5a55a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a55a; $custom-light: #f1bf8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a55a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 165,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.374,
"s": 72.775,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76825,
"c": 0.11904,
"h": 68.8
},
"luminance": 0.44306
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A55A
secondary
#B4CBE7
accent
#6BD511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D