#E5B456#E5B456

#E5B456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.125 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B456
RGB	rgb(229, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, 7.69, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 54.17, 81.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% 0.0184 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.125 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.3168, 49.9757, 15.7984)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B456 #5687E5

analogous

#E56D56 #E5B456 #CEE556

triadic

#E5B456 #56E5B4 #B456E5

tetradic

#E5B456 #56E56D #5687E5 #E556CE

square

#E5B456 #56E56D #5687E5 #E556CE

split-complementary

#E5B456 #56CEE5 #6D56E5

monochromatic

#A7771A #DC9C22 #E5B456 #EDCC8B #F5E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E5B456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#E5B456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B456

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B456	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)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.125 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca89',
    500: '#e5b456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b456;
$custom-light: #f1ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79643,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B456

secondary

#B1C3E6

accent

#54D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B456

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

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