#E5B162#E5B162

#E5B162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.114 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B162
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 10.13, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 48.24, 77.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% 0.0271 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.114 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2424, 48.9874, 18.3621)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B162 #6296E5

analogous

#E57062 #E5B162 #D8E562

triadic

#E5B162 #62E5B1 #B162E5

tetradic

#E5B162 #62E570 #6296E5 #E562D8

square

#E5B162 #62E570 #6296E5 #E562D8

split-complementary

#E5B162 #62D8E5 #7062E5

monochromatic

#B0751D #DC972D #E5B162 #EECB97 #F6E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E5B162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E5B162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B162

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B162	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.114 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c891',
    500: '#e5b162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b162;
$custom-light: #f0c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79206,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B162

secondary

#BBCDE8

accent

#5FD412

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B162

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

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