#E5B265#E5B265

#E5B265 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.112 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B265
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 101)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, 9.83, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 47.05, 77.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% 0.0266 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.112 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5850, 49.4416, 19.1882)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B265 #6598E5

analogous

#E57265 #E5B265 #D8E565

triadic

#E5B265 #65E5B2 #B265E5

tetradic

#E5B265 #65E572 #6598E5 #E565D8

square

#E5B265 #65E572 #6598E5 #E565D8

split-complementary

#E5B265 #65D8E5 #7265E5

monochromatic

#B2771E #DC9831 #E5B265 #EECC99 #F7E6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E5B265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#E5B265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B265

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B265	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)

#C5B35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.112 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c893',
    500: '#e5b265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b265;
$custom-light: #f0c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.094,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79438,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B265

secondary

#BDCEE9

accent

#5FD312

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FEF8F1

border

#D6D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B265

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

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