#E5B25B#E5B25B

#E5B25B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.120 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B25B
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, 9.09, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 51.57, 79.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.0231 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.12 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1245, 49.2575, 16.7631)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B25B #5B8EE5

analogous

#E56D5B #E5B25B #D3E55B

triadic

#E5B25B #5BE5B2 #B25BE5

tetradic

#E5B25B #5BE56D #5B8EE5 #E55BD3

square

#E5B25B #5BE56D #5B8EE5 #E55BD3

split-complementary

#E5B25B #5BD3E5 #6D5BE5

monochromatic

#AB761B #DD9926 #E5B25B #EDCB90 #F6E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E5B25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#E5B25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B25B

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B25B	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.120 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c88c',
    500: '#e5b25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b25b;
$custom-light: #f1c88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79312,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B25B

secondary

#B5C7E7

accent

#59D511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B25B

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

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