#E5A250#E5A250

#E5A250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.126 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A250
RGB	rgb(229, 162, 80)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.61, 16.87, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.61, 54.15, 71.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0446 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.126 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6845, 43.0816, 13.4447)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A250 #5093E5

analogous

#E55750 #E5A250 #DDE550

triadic

#E5A250 #50E5A2 #A250E5

tetradic

#E5A250 #50E557 #5093E5 #E550DD

square

#E5A250 #50E557 #5093E5 #E550DD

split-complementary

#E5A250 #50DDE5 #5750E5

monochromatic

#A26418 #D88520 #E5A250 #EDBE85 #F5DBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E5A250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#E5A250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A250

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A250	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 162, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.126 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd84',
    500: '#e5a250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a250;
$custom-light: #f2bd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.02,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76148,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A250

secondary

#ACC6E5

accent

#69D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A250

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

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