#E5AD37#E5AD37

#E5AD37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.143 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5AD37
RGB	rgb(229, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 76%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, 9.77, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 65.43, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% 0.0206 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.143 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9494, 46.8246, 10.1263)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5AD37 #376FE5

analogous

#E55637 #E5AD37 #C6E537

triadic

#E5AD37 #37E5AD #AD37E5

tetradic

#E5AD37 #37E556 #376FE5 #E537C6

square

#E5AD37 #37E556 #376FE5 #E537C6

split-complementary

#E5AD37 #37C6E5 #5637E5

monochromatic

#8F6713 #C58E1A #E5AD37 #ECC36D #F3D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#E5AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#E5AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5AD37

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5AD37	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.143 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c576',
    500: '#e5ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ad37;
$custom-light: #f2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.69,
    "s": 76.991,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78013,
    "c": 0.14316,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5AD37

secondary

#98AFE0

accent

#72F434

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5AD37

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

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