#E5B146#E5B146

#E5B146 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.135 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B146
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, 8.34, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 60.37, 82.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.0182 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.135 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1437, 48.5479, 12.5755)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B146 #467AE5

analogous

#E56146 #E5B146 #CAE546

triadic

#E5B146 #46E5B1 #B146E5

tetradic

#E5B146 #46E561 #467AE5 #E546CA

square

#E5B146 #46E561 #467AE5 #E546CA

split-complementary

#E5B146 #46CAE5 #6146E5

monochromatic

#9B6F16 #D0961D #E5B146 #EDC87C #F4DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E5B146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#E5B146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B146

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B146	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.135 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c87f',
    500: '#e5b146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b146;
$custom-light: #f2c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.377,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78903,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B146

secondary

#A4B9E3

accent

#73F236

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B146

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

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