#E5BA51#E5BA51

#E5BA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.131 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BA51
RGB	rgb(229, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, 4.22, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 57.65, 85.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% 0.0077 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.131 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3599, 52.3731, 15.1868)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BA51 #517CE5

analogous

#E57051 #E5BA51 #C6E551

triadic

#E5BA51 #51E5BA #BA51E5

tetradic

#E5BA51 #51E570 #517CE5 #E551C6

square

#E5BA51 #51E570 #517CE5 #E551C6

split-complementary

#E5BA51 #51C6E5 #7051E5

monochromatic

#A37B18 #D8A320 #E5BA51 #EDCF86 #F5E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E5BA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#E5BA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BA51

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BA51	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.131 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ce86',
    500: '#e5ba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ba51;
$custom-light: #f1ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.568,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80767,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BA51

secondary

#3555A6

accent

#49D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BA51

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

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