#E5B561#E5B561

#E5B561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.116 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B561
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, 7.94, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 49.45, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.0205 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.116 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.9972, 50.5720, 18.3823)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B561 #6191E5

analogous

#E57361 #E5B561 #D3E561

triadic

#E5B561 #61E5B5 #B561E5

tetradic

#E5B561 #61E573 #6191E5 #E561D3

square

#E5B561 #61E573 #6191E5 #E561D3

split-complementary

#E5B561 #61D3E5 #7361E5

monochromatic

#AF7A1D #DC9C2C #E5B561 #EECE96 #F6E6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E5B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#E5B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B561

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B561	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.116 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cb90',
    500: '#e5b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b561;
$custom-light: #f0cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79967,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B561

secondary

#3A65B0

accent

#58D412

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B561

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

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