#E5A261#E5A261

#E5A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.114 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A261
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 18.03, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 46.91, 67.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.36% 0.0504 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(76.36% 0.114 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3939, 43.3654, 17.1812)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A261 #61A4E5

analogous

#E56162 #E5A261 #E5E461

triadic

#E5A261 #61E5A2 #A261E5

tetradic

#E5A261 #62E561 #61A4E5 #E461E5

square

#E5A261 #62E561 #61A4E5 #E461E5

split-complementary

#E5A261 #61E5E4 #6162E5

monochromatic

#AF651D #DC832C #E5A261 #EEC196 #F6E0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E5A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#E5A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A261

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A261	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.114 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd8f',
    500: '#e5a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a261;
$custom-light: #f1bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76359,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A261

secondary

#BAD1E8

accent

#74D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A261

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

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