#E5B35B#E5B35B

#E5B35B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.121 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B35B
RGB	rgb(229, 179, 91)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 8.56, 51.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 51.76, 80.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0216 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.121 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3242, 49.6568, 16.8296)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B35B #5B8DE5

analogous

#E56E5B #E5B35B #D2E55B

triadic

#E5B35B #5BE5B3 #B35BE5

tetradic

#E5B35B #5BE56E #5B8DE5 #E55BD2

square

#E5B35B #5BE56E #5B8DE5 #E55BD2

split-complementary

#E5B35B #5BD2E5 #6E5BE5

monochromatic

#AB771B #DD9B26 #E5B35B #EDCB90 #F6E4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E5B35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E5B35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B35B

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B35B	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 179, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.121 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c98c',
    500: '#e5b35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b35b;
$custom-light: #f1c98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79506,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B35B

secondary

#B5C7E7

accent

#58D511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B35B

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

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