#E5A850#E5A850

#E5A850 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.126 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A850
RGB	rgb(229, 168, 80)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, 13.67, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 54.80, 75.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% 0.0351 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.126 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7667, 45.2461, 13.8054)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A850 #508DE5

analogous

#E55D50 #E5A850 #D8E550

triadic

#E5A850 #50E5A8 #A850E5

tetradic

#E5A850 #50E55D #508DE5 #E550D8

square

#E5A850 #50E55D #508DE5 #E550D8

split-complementary

#E5A850 #50D8E5 #5D50E5

monochromatic

#A26A18 #D88D20 #E5A850 #EDC285 #F5DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E5A850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#E5A850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A850

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A850	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 168, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.126 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c184',
    500: '#e5a850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a850;
$custom-light: #f1c184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.436,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77274,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A850

secondary

#ACC3E5

accent

#61D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A850

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

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