#E5B051#E5B051

#E5B051 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.127 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B051
RGB	rgb(229, 176, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, 9.49, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 55.59, 80.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.023 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.127 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3265, 48.3062, 14.5090)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B051 #5186E5

analogous

#E56651 #E5B051 #D0E551

triadic

#E5B051 #51E5B0 #B051E5

tetradic

#E5B051 #51E566 #5186E5 #E551D0

square

#E5B051 #51E566 #5186E5 #E551D0

split-complementary

#E5B051 #51D0E5 #6651E5

monochromatic

#A37118 #D89720 #E5B051 #EDC886 #F5E0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E5B051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E5B051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B051

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B051	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 176, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.127 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c785',
    500: '#e5b051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b051;
$custom-light: #f1c785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.514,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78814,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B051

secondary

#ADC1E5

accent

#57D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B051

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

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