#E5B249#E5B249

#E5B249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.134 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B249
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, 7.97, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 59.33, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% 0.0176 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.134 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4390, 48.9833, 13.1528)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B249 #497CE5

analogous

#E56449 #E5B249 #CAE549

triadic

#E5B249 #49E5B2 #B249E5

tetradic

#E5B249 #49E564 #497CE5 #E549CA

square

#E5B249 #49E564 #497CE5 #E549CA

split-complementary

#E5B249 #49CAE5 #6449E5

monochromatic

#9D7116 #D3981E #E5B249 #EDC97F #F4DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E5B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E5B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B249

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B249	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.134 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c881',
    500: '#e5b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b249;
$custom-light: #f1c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.385,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79124,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B249

secondary

#A6BAE3

accent

#73F236

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B249

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

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