#E5B279#E5B279

#E5B279 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.095 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B279
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 121)
HSL	hsl(32, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(32, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, 11.58, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 37.97, 72.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% 0.034 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.095 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.6868, 49.8824, 24.9913)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B279 #79ACE5

analogous

#E57C79 #E5B279 #E2E579

triadic

#E5B279 #79E5B2 #B279E5

tetradic

#E5B279 #79E57C #79ACE5 #E579E2

square

#E5B279 #79E57C #79ACE5 #E579E2

split-complementary

#E5B279 #79E2E5 #7C79E5

monochromatic

#BF7625 #DB9546 #E5B279 #EFCFAC #F9EDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E5B279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E5B279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B279

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B279	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C07A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.095 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc9a0',
    500: '#e5b279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b279;
$custom-light: #efc9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.667,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B279

secondary

#CDDCED

accent

#6ECF16

background

#FEFCF9

surface

#FDF8F2

border

#D5D1CC

text

#17130F

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B279

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

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