#E5B481#E5B481

#E5B481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.088 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B481
RGB	rgb(229, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(31, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(31, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 11.32, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 34.67, 70.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.034 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.088 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5988, 50.8885, 27.8166)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B481 #81B2E5

analogous

#E58281 #E5B481 #E4E581

triadic

#E5B481 #81E5B4 #B481E5

tetradic

#E5B481 #81E582 #81B2E5 #E581E4

square

#E5B481 #81E582 #81B2E5 #E581E4

split-complementary

#E5B481 #81E4E5 #8281E5

monochromatic

#C37728 #DB964E #E5B481 #EFD2B4 #FAF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E5B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#E5B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B481

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B481	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.088 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efcaa6',
    500: '#e5b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b481;
$custom-light: #efcaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8026,
    "c": 0.08764,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B481

secondary

#4D84BD

accent

#71CE18

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FEF9F6

border

#D6D2D0

text

#17130F

muted

#858280

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B481

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

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