#E5B455#E5B455

#E5B455 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.126 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B455
RGB	rgb(229, 180, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, 7.63, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 54.61, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% 0.0181 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.126 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2768, 49.9597, 15.5877)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B455 #5586E5

analogous

#E56C55 #E5B455 #CEE555

triadic

#E5B455 #55E5B4 #B455E5

tetradic

#E5B455 #55E56C #5586E5 #E555CE

square

#E5B455 #55E56C #5586E5 #E555CE

split-complementary

#E5B455 #55CEE5 #6C55E5

monochromatic

#A67619 #DB9C22 #E5B455 #EDCB8A #F5E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E5B455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#E5B455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B455

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B455	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 180, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.126 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca88',
    500: '#e5b455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b455;
$custom-light: #f1ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79632,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B455

secondary

#B0C2E6

accent

#53D610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B455

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

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