#E5B151#E5B151

#E5B151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.128 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B151
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 8.96, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 55.77, 80.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0215 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.128 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5233, 48.6998, 14.5746)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B151 #5185E5

analogous

#E56751 #E5B151 #CFE551

triadic

#E5B151 #51E5B1 #B151E5

tetradic

#E5B151 #51E567 #5185E5 #E551CF

square

#E5B151 #51E567 #5185E5 #E551CF

split-complementary

#E5B151 #51CFE5 #6751E5

monochromatic

#A37218 #D89820 #E5B151 #EDC986 #F5E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E5B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#E5B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B151

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B151	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.128 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c885',
    500: '#e5b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b151;
$custom-light: #f1c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79008,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B151

secondary

#ADC1E5

accent

#55D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B151

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

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