#E5A561#E5A561

#E5A561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A561
RGB	rgb(229, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(31, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, 16.43, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 47.13, 69.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.0456 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.114 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9287, 44.4350, 17.3594)
Luminance	0.4443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A561 #61A1E5

analogous

#E56361 #E5A561 #E3E561

triadic

#E5A561 #61E5A5 #A561E5

tetradic

#E5A561 #61E563 #61A1E5 #E561E3

square

#E5A561 #61E563 #61A1E5 #E561E3

split-complementary

#E5A561 #61E3E5 #6361E5

monochromatic

#AF681D #DC872C #E5A561 #EEC396 #F6E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E5A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#E5A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A561

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A561	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf8f',
    500: '#e5a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a561;
$custom-light: #f1bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.909,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76917,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A561

secondary

#BAD0E8

accent

#70D412

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A561

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

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