#E5B178#E5B178
#E5B178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.095 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5B178 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 177, 120) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 68%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 48%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 47.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.74, 12.01, 36.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.74, 38.28, 71.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.53% 0.0352 0.0886) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.53% 0.095 68.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.4276, 49.4615, 24.6039) |
| Luminance | 0.4946 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 3.89
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 5.82
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.93
Tan
#D2B48C
ΔE00 6.30
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.49
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 6.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5B178 #78ACE5
analogous
#E57A78 #E5B178 #E3E578
triadic
#E5B178 #78E5B1 #B178E5
tetradic
#E5B178 #78E57A #78ACE5 #E578E3
square
#E5B178 #78E57A #78ACE5 #E578E3
split-complementary
#E5B178 #78E3E5 #7A78E5
monochromatic
#BE7525 #DB9345 #E5B178 #EFCFAB #F9ECDF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.93
#E5B178 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.89
#E5B178 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5B178
10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5B178 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5B178 | 1.00 | 1.93 | 10.89 | 10.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.93 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B474
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBF79
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5A5A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5b178; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 120); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.095 68.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efc8a0',
500: '#e5b178',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5b178; $custom-light: #efc8a0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5b178",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 177,
"b": 120
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.376,
"s": 67.702,
"l": 68.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79531,
"c": 0.09531,
"h": 68.3
},
"luminance": 0.49458
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5B178
secondary
#CCDCED
accent
#6ED016
background
#FEFCF9
surface
#FDF8F2
border
#D5D1CC
text
#17130E
muted
#85827E