#E5B258#E5B258

#E5B258 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B258
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 88)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, 8.88, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 52.90, 80.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% 0.0221 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.123 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9977, 49.2067, 16.0951)
Luminance	0.4920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B258 #588BE5

analogous

#E56C58 #E5B258 #D1E558

triadic

#E5B258 #58E5B2 #B258E5

tetradic

#E5B258 #58E56C #588BE5 #E558D1

square

#E5B258 #58E56C #588BE5 #E558D1

split-complementary

#E5B258 #58D1E5 #6C58E5

monochromatic

#A8751A #DD9A23 #E5B258 #EDCA8D #F5E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E5B258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#E5B258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B258

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B258	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)

#C7B34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c88a',
    500: '#e5b258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b258;
$custom-light: #f1c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79277,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B258

secondary

#B3C5E6

accent

#58D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B258

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

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