#E5B248#E5B248

#E5B248 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.134 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B248
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(41, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, 7.92, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 59.74, 82.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% 0.0173 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.134 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4061, 48.9701, 12.9796)
Luminance	0.4897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B248 #487BE5

analogous

#E56448 #E5B248 #C9E548

triadic

#E5B248 #48E5B2 #B248E5

tetradic

#E5B248 #48E564 #487BE5 #E548C9

square

#E5B248 #48E564 #487BE5 #E548C9

split-complementary

#E5B248 #48C9E5 #6448E5

monochromatic

#9C7116 #D2971E #E5B248 #EDC97E #F4DFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E5B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#E5B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B248

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B248	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.134 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c880',
    500: '#e5b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b248;
$custom-light: #f1c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.51,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79115,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B248

secondary

#A6BAE3

accent

#73F236

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B248

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

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