#E5B046#E5B046

#E5B046 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.135 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B046
RGB	rgb(229, 176, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, 8.87, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 60.19, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% 0.0198 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.135 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9469, 48.1544, 12.5099)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B046 #467BE5

analogous

#E56046 #E5B046 #CAE546

triadic

#E5B046 #46E5B0 #B046E5

tetradic

#E5B046 #46E560 #467BE5 #E546CA

square

#E5B046 #46E560 #467BE5 #E546CA

split-complementary

#E5B046 #46CAE5 #6046E5

monochromatic

#9B6E16 #D0951D #E5B046 #EDC77C #F4DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E5B046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#E5B046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B046

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B046	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 176, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.135 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c77f',
    500: '#e5b046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b046;
$custom-light: #f2c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B046

secondary

#A4B9E3

accent

#75F236

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B046

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

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