#E5A949#E5A949

#E5A949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.131 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5A949
RGB	rgb(229, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 12.74, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 57.87, 77.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% 0.0315 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.131 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7067, 45.5186, 12.5754)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5A949 #4985E5

analogous

#E55B49 #E5A949 #D3E549

triadic

#E5A949 #49E5A9 #A949E5

tetradic

#E5A949 #49E55B #4985E5 #E549D3

square

#E5A949 #49E55B #4985E5 #E549D3

split-complementary

#E5A949 #49D3E5 #5B49E5

monochromatic

#9D6916 #D38D1E #E5A949 #EDC27F #F4DCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E5A949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#E5A949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5A949

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5A949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5A949	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5a949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.131 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c280',
    500: '#e5a949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5a949;
$custom-light: #f2c280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5a949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77393,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5A949

secondary

#A6BEE3

accent

#7EF236

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5A949

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

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