#E5BD51#E5BD51

#E5BD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.133 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BD51
RGB	rgb(229, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, 2.65, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 58.37, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% 0.0031 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.133 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9986, 53.6504, 15.3997)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BD51 #5179E5

analogous

#E57351 #E5BD51 #C3E551

triadic

#E5BD51 #51E5BD #BD51E5

tetradic

#E5BD51 #51E573 #5179E5 #E551C3

square

#E5BD51 #51E573 #5179E5 #E551C3

split-complementary

#E5BD51 #51C3E5 #7351E5

monochromatic

#A37E18 #D8A720 #E5BD51 #EDD186 #F5E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E5BD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#E5BD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BD51

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BD51	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.133 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d086',
    500: '#e5bd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bd51;
$custom-light: #f1d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81361,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BD51

secondary

#3553A6

accent

#45D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BD51

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

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