#E5B44E#E5B44E

#E5B44E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.131 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B44E
RGB	rgb(229, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, 7.20, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 57.63, 82.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% 0.0159 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.131 83)
XYZ	xyz(50.0124, 49.8539, 14.1949)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B44E #4E7FE5

analogous

#E5694E #E5B44E #CAE54E

triadic

#E5B44E #4EE5B4 #B44EE5

tetradic

#E5B44E #4EE569 #4E7FE5 #E54ECA

square

#E5B44E #4EE569 #4E7FE5 #E54ECA

split-complementary

#E5B44E #4ECAE5 #694EE5

monochromatic

#A17418 #D69B1F #E5B44E #EDCB83 #F5E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E5B44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#E5B44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B44E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B44E	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.131 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca84',
    500: '#e5b44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b44e;
$custom-light: #f1ca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.53,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7956,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.49851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B44E

secondary

#AABDE4

accent

#50D70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B44E

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

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