#E5B257#E5B257

#E5B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B257
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, 8.81, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 53.34, 80.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% 0.0218 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.123 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9566, 49.1903, 15.8784)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B257 #578AE5

analogous

#E56B57 #E5B257 #D1E557

triadic

#E5B257 #57E5B2 #B257E5

tetradic

#E5B257 #57E56B #578AE5 #E557D1

square

#E5B257 #57E56B #578AE5 #E557D1

split-complementary

#E5B257 #57D1E5 #6B57E5

monochromatic

#A8751A #DD9A22 #E5B257 #EDCA8C #F5E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E5B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#E5B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B257

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B257	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c889',
    500: '#e5b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b257;
$custom-light: #f1c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.451,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79266,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B257

secondary

#B2C5E6

accent

#57D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B257

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

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