#E5A461#E5A461
#E5A461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5A461 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 164, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 57.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.28, 16.96, 43.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.28, 47.05, 68.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.73% 0.0472 0.1037) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.73% 0.114 65.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7490, 44.0756, 17.2995) |
| Luminance | 0.4407 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.65
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.16
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.17
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.81
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.43
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 7.26
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5A461 #61A2E5
analogous
#E56261 #E5A461 #E4E561
triadic
#E5A461 #61E5A4 #A461E5
tetradic
#E5A461 #61E562 #61A2E5 #E561E4
square
#E5A461 #61E562 #61A2E5 #E561E4
split-complementary
#E5A461 #61E4E5 #6261E5
monochromatic
#AF671D #DC862C #E5A461 #EEC296 #F6E1CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#E5A461 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.81
#E5A461 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5A461
9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5A461 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5A461 | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.81 | 9.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A85B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B762
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5a461; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 164, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 65.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bf8f',
500: '#e5a461',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5a461; $custom-light: #f1bf8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5a461",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 164,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.455,
"s": 71.739,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7673,
"c": 0.11391,
"h": 65.5
},
"luminance": 0.44072
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5A461
secondary
#BAD1E8
accent
#71D412
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D