#E5B262#E5B262

#E5B262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.114 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B262
RGB	rgb(229, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, 9.60, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 48.42, 78.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% 0.0255 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.114 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4407, 49.3839, 18.4282)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B262 #6295E5

analogous

#E57162 #E5B262 #D7E562

triadic

#E5B262 #62E5B2 #B262E5

tetradic

#E5B262 #62E571 #6295E5 #E562D7

square

#E5B262 #62E571 #6295E5 #E562D7

split-complementary

#E5B262 #62D7E5 #7162E5

monochromatic

#B0771D #DC982D #E5B262 #EECC97 #F6E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E5B262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#E5B262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B262

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B262	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.114 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0c891',
    500: '#e5b262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b262;
$custom-light: #f0c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79399,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B262

secondary

#BBCCE8

accent

#5DD412

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B262

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

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