#E5A23D#E5A23D

#E5A23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.138 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A23D
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 73.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, 15.87, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 61.84, 75.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.039 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.138 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0790, 42.8395, 10.2560)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A23D #3D80E5

analogous

#E54E3D #E5A23D #D4E53D

triadic

#E5A23D #3DE5A2 #A23DE5

tetradic

#E5A23D #3DE54E #3D80E5 #E53DD4

square

#E5A23D #3DE54E #3D80E5 #E53DD4

split-complementary

#E5A23D #3DD4E5 #4E3DE5

monochromatic

#946114 #CA841B #E5A23D #ECBC73 #F3D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E5A23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#E5A23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A23D

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A23D	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.138 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd78',
    500: '#e5a23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a23d;
$custom-light: #f2bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.071,
    "s": 76.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75967,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A23D

secondary

#9DB8E1

accent

#81F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A23D

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

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