#E5AE55#E5AE55

#E5AE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.124 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5AE55
RGBrgb(229, 174, 85)
HSLhsl(37, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(37, 63%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.57, 10.80, 52.41)
CIE-LCHlch(74.57, 53.51, 78.36°)
OKLaboklab(78.47% 0.0274 0.1208)
OKLCHoklch(78.47% 0.124 77.2)
XYZxyz(49.0917, 47.5895, 15.1926)
Luminance0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5AE55 #558CE5
analogous
#E56655 #E5AE55 #D4E555
triadic
#E5AE55 #55E5AE #AE55E5
tetradic
#E5AE55 #55E566 #558CE5 #E555D4
square
#E5AE55 #55E566 #558CE5 #E555D4
split-complementary
#E5AE55 #55D4E5 #6655E5
monochromatic
#A67019 #DB9422 #E5AE55 #EDC78A #F5E1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#E5AE55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52
#E5AE55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AE55
10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5AE55#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5AE551.002.0010.5210.52
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5221.001.001.00
##00000010.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B04C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BD58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89F9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.124 77.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c688',
    500: '#e5ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5ae55;
$custom-light: #f1c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.083,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5AE55
secondary
#B0C5E6
accent
#5BD610
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AE55

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#E5AE55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva