#E5A951#E5A951

#E5A951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.126 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A951
RGB	rgb(229, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, 13.20, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 54.50, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% 0.0339 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.126 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.9892, 45.6316, 14.0632)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A951 #518DE5

analogous

#E55F51 #E5A951 #D7E551

triadic

#E5A951 #51E5A9 #A951E5

tetradic

#E5A951 #51E55F #518DE5 #E551D7

square

#E5A951 #51E55F #518DE5 #E551D7

split-complementary

#E5A951 #51D7E5 #5F51E5

monochromatic

#A36B18 #D88E20 #E5A951 #EDC386 #F5DEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E5A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#E5A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A951

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A951	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.126 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c285',
    500: '#e5a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a951;
$custom-light: #f1c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77474,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A951

secondary

#ADC4E5

accent

#60D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A951

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

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