#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
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 91)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, 9.62, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 51.38, 79.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% 0.0247 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.12 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9263, 48.8610, 16.6970)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##E5B15B	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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