#E5B255#E5B255

#E5B255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.125 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B255
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 8.68, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 54.22, 80.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0212 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.125 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8760, 49.1580, 15.4541)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B255 #5588E5

analogous

#E56A55 #E5B255 #D0E555

triadic

#E5B255 #55E5B2 #B255E5

tetradic

#E5B255 #55E56A #5588E5 #E555D0

square

#E5B255 #55E56A #5588E5 #E555D0

split-complementary

#E5B255 #55D0E5 #6A55E5

monochromatic

#A67419 #DB9922 #E5B255 #EDCA8A #F5E2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E5B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#E5B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B255

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B255	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.125 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c888',
    500: '#e5b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b255;
$custom-light: #f1c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B255

secondary

#B0C3E6

accent

#56D610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B255

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

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