#E5A551#E5A551

#E5A551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A551
RGB	rgb(229, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 15.33, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 54.02, 73.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% 0.0402 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.126 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2564, 44.1661, 13.8190)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A551 #5191E5

analogous

#E55B51 #E5A551 #DBE551

triadic

#E5A551 #51E5A5 #A551E5

tetradic

#E5A551 #51E55B #5191E5 #E551DB

square

#E5A551 #51E55B #5191E5 #E551DB

split-complementary

#E5A551 #51DBE5 #5B51E5

monochromatic

#A36718 #D88920 #E5A551 #EDC186 #F5DCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E5A551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#E5A551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A551

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A551	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf85',
    500: '#e5a551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a551;
$custom-light: #f1bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.054,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7672,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A551

secondary

#ADC5E5

accent

#65D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A551

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

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