#E5B951#E5B951

#E5B951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.131 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5B951
RGBrgb(229, 185, 81)
HSLhsl(42, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(42, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.2%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.25, 4.75, 57.22)
CIE-LCHlch(77.25, 57.42, 85.26°)
OKLaboklab(80.57% 0.0092 0.1305)
OKLCHoklch(80.57% 0.131 86)
XYZxyz(51.1500, 51.9532, 15.1168)
Luminance0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5B951 #517DE5
analogous
#E56F51 #E5B951 #C7E551
triadic
#E5B951 #51E5B9 #B951E5
tetradic
#E5B951 #51E56F #517DE5 #E551C7
square
#E5B951 #51E56F #517DE5 #E551C7
split-complementary
#E5B951 #51C7E5 #6F51E5
monochromatic
#A37A18 #D8A220 #E5B951 #EDCE86 #F5E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#E5B951 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39
#E5B951 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B951
11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5B951#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5B9511.001.8411.3911.39
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3921.001.001.00
##00000011.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB845
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C455
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7AAA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.131 86.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd86',
    500: '#e5b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5b951;
$custom-light: #f1cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8057,
    "c": 0.1308,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.5195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5B951
secondary
#3556A6
accent
#4AD60F
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFAF2
border
#D7D3CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B951

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#E5B951 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva