Information about #E5C49E color
Basic facts about this digital color
#E5C49E is a confidently colored amber-leaning orange that appears airy and pastel-like. In practice it works well for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to New Tan (#EBC79E). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Eggshell Paper (#E2BE9F) and Haystack (#DEC7A1).
In RGB terms — rgb(229, 196, 158) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #E5C49E background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 12.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.7:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#E5C49E color variations
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#E5C49E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#E5C49E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#E5C49E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#E5C49E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#E5C49E color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #E5C49E color
View adjacent and very similar colors.
Nearest named colors to #E5C49E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#EBC79E
#E2BE9F
#DEC7A1
#E2C4A6
#E0CB9F
#DDC7A0
#E9C2A6
#DCC6A0
#DBC4A0
#E6CEA0
#E8CD9A
#EEC7A2
#E5C49E color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#E5C49E
- RGB229, 196, 158
- CMYK0, 13, 28, 10
- CSSrgb(229, 196, 158)
- HSL32°, 58%, 76%
- HSL Precise32.113°, 57.724%, 75.882%
- HSV32°, 31%, 90%
- HSB32°, 31%, 90%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.898
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.769
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.620
- GLSLvec3(0.898, 0.769, 0.620)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.898, 0.769, 0.620, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.898, 0.769, 0.620)
- Percentage of Red in RGB89.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB76.9%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB62%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDE5C49E
- DECIMAL ID15058078
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers26 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
