#E5C161#E5C161

#E5C161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.122 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C161
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, 1.64, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 52.33, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% 0.0022 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.122 89)
XYZ	xyz(53.5431, 55.6639, 19.2309)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C161 #6185E5

analogous

#E57F61 #E5C161 #C7E561

triadic

#E5C161 #61E5C1 #C161E5

tetradic

#E5C161 #61E57F #6185E5 #E561C7

square

#E5C161 #61E57F #6185E5 #E561C7

split-complementary

#E5C161 #61C7E5 #7F61E5

monochromatic

#AF871D #DCAC2C #E5C161 #EED696 #F6EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#E5C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C161

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C161	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.122 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d391',
    500: '#e5c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c161;
$custom-light: #f0d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82329,
    "c": 0.12205,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.55661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C161

secondary

#3A5AB0

accent

#47D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C161

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

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