#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
RGBrgb(229, 178, 73)
HSLhsl(40, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(40, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.3%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.44, 7.97, 58.79)
CIE-LCHlch(75.44, 59.33, 82.28°)
OKLaboklab(79.12% 0.0176 0.1326)
OKLCHoklch(79.12% 0.134 82.5)
XYZxyz(49.4390, 48.9833, 13.1528)
Luminance0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##E5B2491.001.9510.8010.80
#FFFFFF1.951.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8021.001.001.00
##00000010.8021.001.001.00

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

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#E5B249 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva