#E5AE5A#E5AE5A
#E5AE5A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5AE5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 174, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(36, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(36, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 24%, 60.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.62, 11.14, 50.09) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.62, 51.32, 77.47°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.53% 0.029 0.1164) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.53% 0.12 76) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.2974, 47.6717, 16.2760) |
| Luminance | 0.4767 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.20
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 5.64
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.75
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.34
Camel (survey)
#C69F59
ΔE00 6.57
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 6.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5AE5A #5A91E5
analogous
#E5685A #E5AE5A #D7E55A
triadic
#E5AE5A #5AE5AE #AE5AE5
tetradic
#E5AE5A #5AE568 #5A91E5 #E55AD7
square
#E5AE5A #5AE568 #5A91E5 #E55AD7
split-complementary
#E5AE5A #5AD7E5 #685AE5
monochromatic
#AA711B #DD9425 #E5AE5A #EDC88F #F6E2C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#E5AE5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.53
#E5AE5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5AE5A
10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5AE5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5AE5A | 1.00 | 1.99 | 10.53 | 10.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B052
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BD5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79F9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5ae5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 174, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 76.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1c68b',
500: '#e5ae5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5ae5a; $custom-light: #f1c68b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5ae5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 174,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 36.259,
"s": 72.775,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7853,
"c": 0.11999,
"h": 76
},
"luminance": 0.47668
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5AE5A
secondary
#B4C8E7
accent
#5ED511
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#17130C
muted
#85827D