#E5B256#E5B256

#E5B256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.124 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B256
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.56, 8.75, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.56, 53.78, 80.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% 0.0215 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.124 80)
XYZ	xyz(49.9160, 49.1740, 15.6648)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B256 #5689E5

analogous

#E56B56 #E5B256 #D1E556

triadic

#E5B256 #56E5B2 #B256E5

tetradic

#E5B256 #56E56B #5689E5 #E556D1

square

#E5B256 #56E56B #5689E5 #E556D1

split-complementary

#E5B256 #56D1E5 #6B56E5

monochromatic

#A7751A #DC9A22 #E5B256 #EDCA8B #F5E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E5B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#E5B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B256

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B256	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)

#C7B34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.124 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c889',
    500: '#e5b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b256;
$custom-light: #f1c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.601,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79255,
    "c": 0.12418,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.49171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B256

secondary

#B1C4E6

accent

#56D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B256

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

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