#E5A548#E5A548

#E5A548 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.132 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A548
RGB	rgb(229, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.9%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 14.81, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 57.79, 75.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0374 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.132 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9410, 44.0399, 12.1579)
Luminance	0.4404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A548 #4888E5

analogous

#E55748 #E5A548 #D7E548

triadic

#E5A548 #48E5A5 #A548E5

tetradic

#E5A548 #48E557 #4888E5 #E548D7

square

#E5A548 #48E557 #4888E5 #E548D7

split-complementary

#E5A548 #48D7E5 #5748E5

monochromatic

#9C6616 #D2891E #E5A548 #EDBF7E #F4DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E5A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#E5A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A548

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A548	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.132 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bf7f',
    500: '#e5a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a548;
$custom-light: #f2bf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.541,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76627,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A548

secondary

#A6BFE3

accent

#83F236

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A548

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

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