#E5B851#E5B851

#E5B851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.130 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B851
RGB	rgb(229, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 5.27, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 57.19, 84.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% 0.0107 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.13 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.9416, 51.5363, 15.0474)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B851 #517EE5

analogous

#E56E51 #E5B851 #C8E551

triadic

#E5B851 #51E5B8 #B851E5

tetradic

#E5B851 #51E56E #517EE5 #E551C8

square

#E5B851 #51E56E #517EE5 #E551C8

split-complementary

#E5B851 #51C8E5 #6E51E5

monochromatic

#A37918 #D8A020 #E5B851 #EDCE86 #F5E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E5B851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#E5B851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B851

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B851	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd86',
    500: '#e5b851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b851;
$custom-light: #f1cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80373,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B851

secondary

#3557A6

accent

#4CD60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B851

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

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