#E5B356#E5B356

#E5B356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.125 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B356
RGB	rgb(229, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, 8.22, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 53.97, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% 0.0199 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.125 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1157, 49.5734, 15.7313)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B356 #5688E5

analogous

#E56C56 #E5B356 #D0E556

triadic

#E5B356 #56E5B3 #B356E5

tetradic

#E5B356 #56E56C #5688E5 #E556D0

square

#E5B356 #56E56C #5688E5 #E556D0

split-complementary

#E5B356 #56D0E5 #6C56E5

monochromatic

#A7761A #DC9B22 #E5B356 #EDCB8B #F5E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E5B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#E5B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B356

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B356	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.125 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c989',
    500: '#e5b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b356;
$custom-light: #f1c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79449,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B356

secondary

#B1C3E6

accent

#55D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B356

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

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