#E5B179#E5B179

#E5B179 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.094 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B179
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 121)
HSL	hsl(31, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(31, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 12.11, 35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 37.84, 71.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0356 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.094 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4886, 49.4859, 24.9252)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B179 #79ADE5

analogous

#E57B79 #E5B179 #E3E579

triadic

#E5B179 #79E5B1 #B179E5

tetradic

#E5B179 #79E57B #79ADE5 #E579E3

square

#E5B179 #79E57B #79ADE5 #E579E3

split-complementary

#E5B179 #79E3E5 #7B79E5

monochromatic

#BF7525 #DB9346 #E5B179 #EFCFAC #F9EDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E5B179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E5B179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B179

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B179	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.094 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc8a0',
    500: '#e5b179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b179;
$custom-light: #efc8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79548,
    "c": 0.09444,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B179

secondary

#CDDCED

accent

#6FCF16

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#17130F

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B179

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

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