#E5A851#E5A851

#E5A851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.126 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A851
RGB	rgb(229, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, 13.74, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 54.37, 75.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% 0.0355 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.126 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8039, 45.2610, 14.0015)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A851 #518EE5

analogous

#E55E51 #E5A851 #D8E551

triadic

#E5A851 #51E5A8 #A851E5

tetradic

#E5A851 #51E55E #518EE5 #E551D8

square

#E5A851 #51E55E #518EE5 #E551D8

split-complementary

#E5A851 #51D8E5 #5E51E5

monochromatic

#A36A18 #D88D20 #E5A851 #EDC386 #F5DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E5A851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#E5A851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A851

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A851	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.126 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c185',
    500: '#e5a851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a851;
$custom-light: #f1c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.27,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77285,
    "c": 0.12574,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A851

secondary

#ADC4E5

accent

#61D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A851

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

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