#E5B281#E5B281

#E5B281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.088 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B281
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 129)
HSL	hsl(29, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(29, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, 12.38, 32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 34.43, 68.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0372 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.088 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1979, 50.0868, 27.6830)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B281 #81B4E5

analogous

#E58182 #E5B281 #E5E481

triadic

#E5B281 #81E5B2 #B281E5

tetradic

#E5B281 #82E581 #81B4E5 #E481E5

square

#E5B281 #82E581 #81B4E5 #E481E5

split-complementary

#E5B281 #81E5E4 #8182E5

monochromatic

#C37428 #DB934E #E5B281 #EFD1B4 #FAEFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E5B281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#E5B281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B281

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B281	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B57D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.088 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efc9a6',
    500: '#e5b281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b281;
$custom-light: #efc9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79878,
    "c": 0.08755,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B281

secondary

#4D86BD

accent

#75CE18

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F6

border

#D6D2D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B281

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

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