#E3A451#E3A451

#E3A451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.124 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A451
RGB	rgb(227, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 15.03, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 53.38, 73.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% 0.0394 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.124 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4421, 43.4795, 13.7294)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A451 #5190E3

analogous

#E35B51 #E3A451 #D9E351

triadic

#E3A451 #51E3A4 #A451E3

tetradic

#E3A451 #51E35B #5190E3 #E351D9

square

#E3A451 #51E35B #5190E3 #E351D9

split-complementary

#E3A451 #51D9E3 #5B51E3

monochromatic

#A0661A #D58822 #E3A451 #EBC086 #F4DBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E3A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#E3A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A451

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A451	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.124 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0be85',
    500: '#e3a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a451;
$custom-light: #f0be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.11,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76312,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A451

secondary

#ACC4E4

accent

#65D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A451

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

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