#E5A251#E5A251

#E5A251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.125 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A251
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.62, 16.93, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.62, 53.73, 71.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% 0.0449 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.125 69)
XYZ	xyz(46.7217, 43.0965, 13.6407)
Luminance	0.4309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A251 #5194E5

analogous

#E55851 #E5A251 #DEE551

triadic

#E5A251 #51E5A2 #A251E5

tetradic

#E5A251 #51E558 #5194E5 #E551DE

square

#E5A251 #51E558 #5194E5 #E551DE

split-complementary

#E5A251 #51DEE5 #5851E5

monochromatic

#A36418 #D88520 #E5A251 #EDBE86 #F5DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E5A251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#E5A251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A251

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A251	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.125 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd85',
    500: '#e5a251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a251;
$custom-light: #f1bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.838,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76159,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.43093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A251

secondary

#ADC6E5

accent

#69D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A251

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

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