#E5B148#E5B148

#E5B148 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.134 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B148
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, 8.44, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 59.55, 81.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% 0.0188 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.134 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2079, 48.5736, 12.9135)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B148 #487CE5

analogous

#E56348 #E5B148 #CBE548

triadic

#E5B148 #48E5B1 #B148E5

tetradic

#E5B148 #48E563 #487CE5 #E548CB

square

#E5B148 #48E563 #487CE5 #E548CB

split-complementary

#E5B148 #48CBE5 #6348E5

monochromatic

#9C7016 #D2961E #E5B148 #EDC87E #F4DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E5B148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#E5B148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B148

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B148	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)

#C7B13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.134 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c880',
    500: '#e5b148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b148;
$custom-light: #f1c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.127,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78921,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B148

secondary

#A6BAE3

accent

#74F236

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B148

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

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