#E5A565#E5A565

#E5A565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A565
RGB	rgb(229, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(30, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, 16.74, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 45.40, 68.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% 0.047 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.111 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1199, 44.5115, 18.3666)
Luminance	0.4451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A565 #65A5E5

analogous

#E56565 #E5A565 #E5E565

triadic

#E5A565 #65E5A5 #A565E5

tetradic

#E5A565 #65E565 #65A5E5 #E565E5

square

#E5A565 #65E565 #65A5E5 #E565E5

split-complementary

#E5A565 #65E5E5 #6565E5

monochromatic

#B2681E #DC8631 #E5A565 #EEC499 #F7E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E5A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#E5A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A565

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A565	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf92',
    500: '#e5a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a565;
$custom-light: #f1bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76973,
    "c": 0.11082,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A565

secondary

#BDD3E9

accent

#73D312

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A565

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

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