#E5A566#E5A566
#E5A566 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A566 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 165, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 71%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 55%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 55.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.58, 16.82, 41.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.58, 44.97, 68.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.99% 0.0474 0.0993) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.99% 0.11 64.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.1692, 44.5312, 18.6262) |
| Luminance | 0.4453 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.52
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.35
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.37
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.46
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A566 #66A6E5
analogous
#E56666 #E5A566 #E5E566
triadic
#E5A566 #66E5A5 #A566E5
tetradic
#E5A566 #66E566 #66A6E5 #E566E5
square
#E5A566 #66E566 #66A6E5 #E566E5
split-complementary
#E5A566 #66E5E5 #6666E5
monochromatic
#B2681E #DC8632 #E5A566 #EEC49A #F7E3CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.12
#E5A566 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.91
#E5A566 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A566
9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A566 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A566 | 1.00 | 2.12 | 9.91 | 9.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.12 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA961
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B867
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79796
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a566; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 64.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0bf93',
500: '#e5a566',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a566; $custom-light: #f0bf93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a566",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 165,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.764,
"s": 70.95,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76987,
"c": 0.11006,
"h": 64.5
},
"luminance": 0.44528
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A566
secondary
#BED4E9
accent
#74D313
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E