#E5B155#E5B155

#E5B155 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.125 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B155
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, 9.21, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 54.03, 80.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% 0.0227 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.125 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6777, 48.7616, 15.3880)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B155 #5589E5

analogous

#E56955 #E5B155 #D1E555

triadic

#E5B155 #55E5B1 #B155E5

tetradic

#E5B155 #55E569 #5589E5 #E555D1

square

#E5B155 #55E569 #5589E5 #E555D1

split-complementary

#E5B155 #55D1E5 #6955E5

monochromatic

#A67319 #DB9822 #E5B155 #EDC98A #F5E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E5B155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#E5B155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B155

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B155	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.125 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c888',
    500: '#e5b155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b155;
$custom-light: #f1c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7905,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B155

secondary

#B0C3E6

accent

#57D610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B155

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

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