#E5A451#E5A451

#E5A451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.125 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A451
RGB	rgb(229, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 15.87, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 53.92, 72.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% 0.0417 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.125 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0768, 43.8067, 13.7591)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A451 #5192E5

analogous

#E55A51 #E5A451 #DCE551

triadic

#E5A451 #51E5A4 #A451E5

tetradic

#E5A451 #51E55A #5192E5 #E551DC

square

#E5A451 #51E55A #5192E5 #E551DC

split-complementary

#E5A451 #51DCE5 #5A51E5

monochromatic

#A36618 #D88820 #E5A451 #EDC086 #F5DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E5A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#E5A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A451

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A451	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.125 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf85',
    500: '#e5a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a451;
$custom-light: #f1bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.649,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76532,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A451

secondary

#ADC5E5

accent

#67D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A451

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

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