#E5A55C#E5A55C
#E5A55C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.118 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A55C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 165, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 59.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.46, 16.06, 46.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.46, 49.29, 70.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.85% 0.0438 0.1091) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.85% 0.118 68.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7029, 44.3446, 16.1701) |
| Luminance | 0.4434 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.61
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.14
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.48
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.70
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.20
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 7.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A55C #5C9CE5
analogous
#E5605C #E5A55C #E0E55C
triadic
#E5A55C #5CE5A5 #A55CE5
tetradic
#E5A55C #5CE560 #5C9CE5 #E55CE0
square
#E5A55C #5CE560 #5C9CE5 #E55CE0
split-complementary
#E5A55C #5CE0E5 #605CE5
monochromatic
#AB681B #DD8827 #E5A55C #EDC291 #F6DFC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E5A55C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.87
#E5A55C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A55C
9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A55C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A55C | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.87 | 9.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA955
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B85D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89694
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a55c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.118 68.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bf8c',
500: '#e5a55c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a55c; $custom-light: #f1bf8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a55c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 165,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.971,
"s": 72.487,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76851,
"c": 0.11757,
"h": 68.1
},
"luminance": 0.44341
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A55C
secondary
#B6CDE7
accent
#6CD511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D