#E5B15B#E5B15B

#E5B15B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.120 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5B15B
RGBrgb(229, 177, 91)
HSLhsl(37, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(37, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.7%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.36, 9.62, 50.47)
CIE-LCHlch(75.36, 51.38, 79.21°)
OKLaboklab(79.12% 0.0247 0.1174)
OKLCHoklch(79.12% 0.12 78.1)
XYZxyz(49.9263, 48.8610, 16.6970)
Luminance0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5B15B #5B8FE5
analogous
#E56C5B #E5B15B #D4E55B
triadic
#E5B15B #5BE5B1 #B15BE5
tetradic
#E5B15B #5BE56C #5B8FE5 #E55BD4
square
#E5B15B #5BE56C #5B8FE5 #E55BD4
split-complementary
#E5B15B #5BD4E5 #6C5BE5
monochromatic
#AB741B #DD9826 #E5B15B #EDCA90 #F6E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95
#E5B15B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77
#E5B15B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B15B
10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5B15B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5B15B1.001.9510.7710.77
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7721.001.001.00
##00000010.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B253
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BF5E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7A29D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5b15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.120 78.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c88c',
    500: '#e5b15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5b15b;
$custom-light: #f1c88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5b15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79119,
    "c": 0.11995,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5B15B
secondary
#B5C8E7
accent
#5BD511
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#17130C
muted
#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B15B

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#E5B15B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva