#E5B048#E5B048

#E5B048 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.134 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B048
RGB	rgb(229, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, 8.97, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 59.38, 81.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.0203 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.134 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.0111, 48.1800, 12.8479)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B048 #487DE5

analogous

#E56248 #E5B048 #CCE548

triadic

#E5B048 #48E5B0 #B048E5

tetradic

#E5B048 #48E562 #487DE5 #E548CC

square

#E5B048 #48E562 #487DE5 #E548CC

split-complementary

#E5B048 #48CCE5 #6248E5

monochromatic

#9C6F16 #D2951E #E5B048 #EDC77E #F4DEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E5B048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#E5B048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B048

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B048	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.134 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c780',
    500: '#e5b048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b048;
$custom-light: #f1c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.745,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78727,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B048

secondary

#A6BAE3

accent

#75F236

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B048

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

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