#E5A662#E5A662
#E5A662 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.113 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A662 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 166, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 57.2%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.77, 15.97, 43.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.77, 46.78, 70.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.12% 0.0444 0.104) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.12% 0.113 66.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.1567, 44.8159, 17.6669) |
| Luminance | 0.4481 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.19
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.25
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.45
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.67
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.83
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 7.17
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A662 #62A1E5
analogous
#E56562 #E5A662 #E3E562
triadic
#E5A662 #62E5A6 #A662E5
tetradic
#E5A662 #62E565 #62A1E5 #E562E3
square
#E5A662 #62E565 #62A1E5 #E562E3
split-complementary
#E5A662 #62E3E5 #6562E5
monochromatic
#B0691D #DC882D #E5A662 #EEC497 #F6E2CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E5A662 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.96
#E5A662 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A662
9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A662 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A662 | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.96 | 9.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBAA5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB863
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79796
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a662; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 166, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.113 66.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1c090',
500: '#e5a662',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a662; $custom-light: #f1c090; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a662",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 166,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.145,
"s": 71.585,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77117,
"c": 0.11303,
"h": 66.9
},
"luminance": 0.44812
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A662
secondary
#BBD1E8
accent
#6FD412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817D