#E5A151#E5A151
#E5A151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.126 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A151 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 161, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 64.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.38, 17.46, 50.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.38, 53.65, 71.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.97% 0.0465 0.1166) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.97% 0.126 68.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5462, 42.7456, 13.5822) |
| Luminance | 0.4274 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.69
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.43
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.95
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.19
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A151 #5195E5
analogous
#E55751 #E5A151 #DFE551
triadic
#E5A151 #51E5A1 #A151E5
tetradic
#E5A151 #51E557 #5195E5 #E551DF
square
#E5A151 #51E557 #5195E5 #E551DF
split-complementary
#E5A151 #51DFE5 #5751E5
monochromatic
#A36318 #D88420 #E5A151 #EDBE86 #F5DBBB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E5A151 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.55
#E5A151 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A151
9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A151 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A151 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.55 | 9.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A549
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B553
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8918F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a151; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 161, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.126 68.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bc85',
500: '#e5a151',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a151; $custom-light: #f2bc85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a151",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 161,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.432,
"s": 74,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75973,
"c": 0.12551,
"h": 68.3
},
"luminance": 0.42742
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A151
secondary
#ADC7E5
accent
#6BD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C