#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
RGB	rgb(229, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, 4.75, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 57.42, 85.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% 0.0092 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.131 86)
XYZ	xyz(51.1500, 51.9532, 15.1168)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5B951	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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