#E5BE51#E5BE51

#E5BE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.133 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE51
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, 2.13, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 58.62, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% 0.0016 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.133 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2144, 54.0821, 15.4717)
Luminance	0.5408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE51 #5178E5

analogous

#E57451 #E5BE51 #C2E551

triadic

#E5BE51 #51E5BE #BE51E5

tetradic

#E5BE51 #51E574 #5178E5 #E551C2

square

#E5BE51 #51E574 #5178E5 #E551C2

split-complementary

#E5BE51 #51C2E5 #7451E5

monochromatic

#A37F18 #D8A820 #E5BE51 #EDD286 #F5E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#E5BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE51

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE51	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.133 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d186',
    500: '#e5be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be51;
$custom-light: #f1d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.189,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81559,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE51

secondary

#3552A6

accent

#44D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE51

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

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