#E5A161#E5A161
#E5A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A161 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 161, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 57.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.56, 18.56, 43.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.56, 46.86, 66.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.17% 0.0519 0.1018) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.17% 0.114 63) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2185, 43.0145, 17.1227) |
| Luminance | 0.4301 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.97
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.04
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.22
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.28
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.46
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A161 #61A5E5
analogous
#E56163 #E5A161 #E5E361
triadic
#E5A161 #61E5A1 #A161E5
tetradic
#E5A161 #63E561 #61A5E5 #E361E5
square
#E5A161 #63E561 #61A5E5 #E361E5
split-complementary
#E5A161 #61E5E3 #6163E5
monochromatic
#AF641D #DC822C #E5A161 #EEC096 #F6E0CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E5A161 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.60
#E5A161 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A161
9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A161 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A161 | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.60 | 9.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A65B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B562
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a161; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 161, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 63.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bd8f',
500: '#e5a161',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a161; $custom-light: #f1bd8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a161",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 161,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.091,
"s": 71.739,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76174,
"c": 0.11427,
"h": 63
},
"luminance": 0.43011
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A161
secondary
#BAD2E8
accent
#76D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D