#E5B96E#E5B96E
#E5B96E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.106 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5B96E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 185, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(38, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(38, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 52%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.57, 6.87, 43.76) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.57, 44.30, 81.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.92% 0.019 0.1046) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.92% 0.106 79.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.4788, 52.4847, 22.1152) |
| Luminance | 0.5248 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 4.38
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.44
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 5.57
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 5.72
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 5.81
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 5.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5B96E #6E9AE5
analogous
#E57E6E #E5B96E #D6E56E
triadic
#E5B96E #6EE5B9 #B96EE5
tetradic
#E5B96E #6EE57E #6E9AE5 #E56ED6
square
#E5B96E #6EE57E #6E9AE5 #E56ED6
split-complementary
#E5B96E #6ED6E5 #7E6EE5
monochromatic
#B88021 #DCA03A #E5B96E #EED2A2 #F8EBD6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#E5B96E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.50
#E5B96E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5B96E
11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5B96E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5B96E | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.50 | 11.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB968
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C470
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6ACA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5b96e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 185, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.106 79.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0cd99',
500: '#e5b96e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5b96e; $custom-light: #f0cd99; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5b96e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 185,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 37.815,
"s": 69.591,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80921,
"c": 0.10628,
"h": 79.7
},
"luminance": 0.52482
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5B96E
secondary
#3F6CB8
accent
#5AD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFAF5
border
#D6D3CF
text
#17130E
muted
#85837F