#E5BB51#E5BB51

#E5BB51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BB51
RGB	rgb(229, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, 3.70, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 57.88, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% 0.0062 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.132 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.5713, 52.7959, 15.2573)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BB51 #517BE5

analogous

#E57151 #E5BB51 #C5E551

triadic

#E5BB51 #51E5BB #BB51E5

tetradic

#E5BB51 #51E571 #517BE5 #E551C5

square

#E5BB51 #51E571 #517BE5 #E551C5

split-complementary

#E5BB51 #51C5E5 #7151E5

monochromatic

#A37C18 #D8A420 #E5BB51 #EDD086 #F5E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E5BB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#E5BB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BB51

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BB51	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf86',
    500: '#e5bb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bb51;
$custom-light: #f1cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.973,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80965,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BB51

secondary

#3555A6

accent

#48D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BB51

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

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