#E5B056#E5B056

#E5B056 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.124 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B056
RGB	rgb(229, 176, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, 9.81, 52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 53.42, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% 0.0246 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.124 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5209, 48.3840, 15.5331)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B056 #568BE5

analogous

#E56956 #E5B056 #D3E556

triadic

#E5B056 #56E5B0 #B056E5

tetradic

#E5B056 #56E569 #568BE5 #E556D3

square

#E5B056 #56E569 #568BE5 #E556D3

split-complementary

#E5B056 #56D3E5 #6956E5

monochromatic

#A7731A #DC9722 #E5B056 #EDC98B #F5E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E5B056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#E5B056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B056

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B056	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 176, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.124 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c789',
    500: '#e5b056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b056;
$custom-light: #f1c789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.762,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78868,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B056

secondary

#B1C5E6

accent

#59D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B056

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

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