#E5BC51#E5BC51

#E5BC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.132 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BC51
RGB	rgb(229, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, 3.18, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 58.12, 86.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% 0.0046 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.132 88)
XYZ	xyz(51.7842, 53.2216, 15.3282)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BC51 #517AE5

analogous

#E57251 #E5BC51 #C4E551

triadic

#E5BC51 #51E5BC #BC51E5

tetradic

#E5BC51 #51E572 #517AE5 #E551C4

square

#E5BC51 #51E572 #517AE5 #E551C4

split-complementary

#E5BC51 #51C4E5 #7251E5

monochromatic

#A37D18 #D8A520 #E5BC51 #EDD186 #F5E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E5BC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#E5BC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BC51

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BC51	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.132 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf86',
    500: '#e5bc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bc51;
$custom-light: #f1cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.378,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81162,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.53219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BC51

secondary

#3554A6

accent

#46D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BC51

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

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