#E3A551#E3A551

#E3A551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E3A551
RGB	rgb(227, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 64.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 14.49, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 53.50, 74.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.5% 0.0378 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(76.5% 0.124 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6218, 43.8388, 13.7892)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E3A551 #518FE3

analogous

#E35C51 #E3A551 #D8E351

triadic

#E3A551 #51E3A5 #A551E3

tetradic

#E3A551 #51E35C #518FE3 #E351D8

square

#E3A551 #51E35C #518FE3 #E351D8

split-complementary

#E3A551 #51D8E3 #5C51E3

monochromatic

#A0671A #D58922 #E3A551 #EBC086 #F4DCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E3A551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#E3A551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E3A551

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E3A551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E3A551	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e3a551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0bf85',
    500: '#e3a551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e3a551;
$custom-light: #f0bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e3a551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 227,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.521,
    "s": 72.277,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.765,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E3A551

secondary

#ACC4E4

accent

#64D411

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E3A551

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

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