#E5B449#E5B449

#E5B449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.134 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B449
RGB	rgb(229, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(41, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 6.92, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 59.71, 83.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0145 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.134 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8399, 49.7849, 13.2864)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B449 #497AE5

analogous

#E56649 #E5B449 #C8E549

triadic

#E5B449 #49E5B4 #B449E5

tetradic

#E5B449 #49E566 #497AE5 #E549C8

square

#E5B449 #49E566 #497AE5 #E549C8

split-complementary

#E5B449 #49C8E5 #6649E5

monochromatic

#9D7316 #D39A1E #E5B449 #EDCA7F #F4E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E5B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#E5B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B449

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B449	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.134 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca81',
    500: '#e5b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b449;
$custom-light: #f1ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.154,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79513,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B449

secondary

#A6BAE3

accent

#71F236

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B449

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

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