#E5B253#E5B253

#E5B253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.126 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B253
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, 8.56, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 55.09, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% 0.0205 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.126 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7976, 49.1267, 15.0415)
Luminance	0.4912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B253 #5386E5

analogous

#E56953 #E5B253 #CFE553

triadic

#E5B253 #53E5B2 #B253E5

tetradic

#E5B253 #53E569 #5386E5 #E553CF

square

#E5B253 #53E569 #5386E5 #E553CF

split-complementary

#E5B253 #53CFE5 #6953E5

monochromatic

#A57419 #DA9921 #E5B253 #EDCA88 #F5E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E5B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#E5B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B253

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B253	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.126 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c887',
    500: '#e5b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b253;
$custom-light: #f1c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.041,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79222,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B253

secondary

#AEC2E5

accent

#55D610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B253

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

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