#E5B161#E5B161

#E5B161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.115 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B161
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, 10.05, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 48.69, 78.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.0267 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.115 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.1955, 48.9687, 18.1150)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B161 #6195E5

analogous

#E56F61 #E5B161 #D7E561

triadic

#E5B161 #61E5B1 #B161E5

tetradic

#E5B161 #61E56F #6195E5 #E561D7

square

#E5B161 #61E56F #6195E5 #E561D7

split-complementary

#E5B161 #61D7E5 #6F61E5

monochromatic

#AF751D #DC972C #E5B161 #EECB96 #F6E5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E5B161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E5B161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B161

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B161	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.115 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c890',
    500: '#e5b161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b161;
$custom-light: #f0c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79193,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B161

secondary

#BACCE8

accent

#5ED412

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B161

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

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