#E1A161#E1A161
#E1A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.111 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E1A161 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(225, 161, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 68%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 57%, 88%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 56.9%, 11.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.12, 16.92, 42.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.12, 45.63, 68.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.73% 0.0473 0.1005) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.73% 0.111 64.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9565, 42.3638, 17.0635) |
| Luminance | 0.4236 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.95
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.81
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.89
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.14
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 6.49
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E1A161 #61A1E1
analogous
#E16161 #E1A161 #E1E161
triadic
#E1A161 #61E1A1 #A161E1
tetradic
#E1A161 #61E161 #61A1E1 #E161E1
square
#E1A161 #61E161 #61A1E1 #E161E1
split-complementary
#E1A161 #61E1E1 #6161E1
monochromatic
#A86420 #D7822E #E1A161 #EBC094 #F5DEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E1A161 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.47
#E1A161 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E1A161
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E1A161 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E1A161 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.47 | 9.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A55B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B462
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F39392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e1a161; /* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 161, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.111 64.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#eebc8f',
500: '#e1a161',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e1a161; $custom-light: #eebc8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e1a161",
"rgb": {
"r": 225,
"g": 161,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 68.085,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75731,
"c": 0.11104,
"h": 64.8
},
"luminance": 0.4236
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E1A161
secondary
#B8CFE6
accent
#73D015
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FEF6F0
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D