#E5B451#E5B451

#E5B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.129 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B451
RGB	rgb(229, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 7.38, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 56.34, 82.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% 0.0168 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.129 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.1224, 49.8979, 14.7743)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B451 #5182E5

analogous

#E56A51 #E5B451 #CCE551

triadic

#E5B451 #51E5B4 #B451E5

tetradic

#E5B451 #51E56A #5182E5 #E551CC

square

#E5B451 #51E56A #5182E5 #E551CC

split-complementary

#E5B451 #51CCE5 #6A51E5

monochromatic

#A37518 #D89B20 #E5B451 #EDCB86 #F5E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E5B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E5B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B451

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B451	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.129 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca86',
    500: '#e5b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b451;
$custom-light: #f1ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7959,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B451

secondary

#ADBFE5

accent

#51D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B451

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

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