#E5BF51#E5BF51

#E5BF51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.134 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BF51
RGB	rgb(229, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, 1.61, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 58.88, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% 0.0001 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.134 90)
XYZ	xyz(52.4318, 54.5167, 15.5441)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BF51 #5177E5

analogous

#E57551 #E5BF51 #C1E551

triadic

#E5BF51 #51E5BF #BF51E5

tetradic

#E5BF51 #51E575 #5177E5 #E551C1

square

#E5BF51 #51E575 #5177E5 #E551C1

split-complementary

#E5BF51 #51C1E5 #7551E5

monochromatic

#A38018 #D8A920 #E5BF51 #EDD386 #F5E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E5BF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#E5BF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BF51

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BF51	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.134 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d286',
    500: '#e5bf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bf51;
$custom-light: #f1d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81758,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.54514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BF51

secondary

#3552A6

accent

#42D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BF51

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

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