#E5B261#E5B261

#E5B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.115 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B261
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, 9.52, 47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 48.87, 78.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0252 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.115 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.3938, 49.3652, 18.1811)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B261 #6194E5

analogous

#E57061 #E5B261 #D6E561

triadic

#E5B261 #61E5B2 #B261E5

tetradic

#E5B261 #61E570 #6194E5 #E561D6

square

#E5B261 #61E570 #6194E5 #E561D6

split-complementary

#E5B261 #61D6E5 #7061E5

monochromatic

#AF761D #DC982C #E5B261 #EECC96 #F6E5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E5B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#E5B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B261

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B261	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.115 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c890',
    500: '#e5b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b261;
$custom-light: #f0c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79386,
    "c": 0.11532,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B261

secondary

#BACCE8

accent

#5DD412

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B261

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

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