#E1A551#E1A551

#E1A551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.123 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E1A551
RGBrgb(225, 165, 81)
HSLhsl(35, 71%, 60%)
HSVhsv(35, 64%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.7%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.90, 13.65, 51.19)
CIE-LCHlch(71.90, 52.98, 75.07°)
OKLaboklab(76.28% 0.0355 0.1177)
OKLCHoklch(76.28% 0.123 73.2)
XYZxyz(45.9945, 43.5154, 13.7598)
Luminance0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E1A551 #518DE1
analogous
#E15D51 #E1A551 #D5E151
triadic
#E1A551 #51E1A5 #A551E1
tetradic
#E1A551 #51E15D #518DE1 #E151D5
square
#E1A551 #51E15D #518DE1 #E151D5
split-complementary
#E1A551 #51D5E1 #5D51E1
monochromatic
#9D671B #D18924 #E1A551 #EAC085 #F3DBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16
#E1A551 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70
#E1A551 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1A551
9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E1A551#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E1A5511.002.169.709.70
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7021.001.001.00
##0000009.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA848
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B653
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F49692
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e1a551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.123 73.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eebf85',
    500: '#e1a551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e1a551;
$custom-light: #eebf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e1a551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76282,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E1A551
secondary
#ABC2E3
accent
#85ED3A
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1A551

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#E1A551 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva