#E5A856#E5A856

#E5A856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.122 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A856
RGB	rgb(229, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, 14.05, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 52.22, 74.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% 0.0371 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.122 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9983, 45.3388, 15.0255)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A856 #5693E5

analogous

#E56156 #E5A856 #DAE556

triadic

#E5A856 #56E5A8 #A856E5

tetradic

#E5A856 #56E561 #5693E5 #E556DA

square

#E5A856 #56E561 #5693E5 #E556DA

split-complementary

#E5A856 #56DAE5 #6156E5

monochromatic

#A76B1A #DC8D22 #E5A856 #EDC38B #F5DFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E5A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#E5A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A856

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A856	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.122 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c188',
    500: '#e5a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a856;
$custom-light: #f1c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.406,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77341,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A856

secondary

#B1C8E6

accent

#64D510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A856

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

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