#E5B461#E5B461

#E5B461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.116 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B461
RGB	rgb(229, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 8.46, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 49.25, 80.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.0221 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.116 79)
XYZ	xyz(50.7946, 50.1668, 18.3147)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B461 #6192E5

analogous

#E57261 #E5B461 #D4E561

triadic

#E5B461 #61E5B4 #B461E5

tetradic

#E5B461 #61E572 #6192E5 #E561D4

square

#E5B461 #61E572 #6192E5 #E561D4

split-complementary

#E5B461 #61D4E5 #7261E5

monochromatic

#AF791D #DC9B2C #E5B461 #EECD96 #F6E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E5B461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E5B461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B461

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B461	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.116 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0ca90',
    500: '#e5b461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b461;
$custom-light: #f0ca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.727,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79773,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.50164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B461

secondary

#3A66B0

accent

#5AD412

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B461

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

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