#E5B45C#E5B45C
#E5B45C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.120 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5B45C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 180, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(39, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(39, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 59.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.12, 8.10, 50.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.12, 51.50, 80.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.71% 0.0204 0.1183) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.71% 0.12 80.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.5688, 50.0765, 17.1254) |
| Luminance | 0.5007 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.79
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 5.53
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 5.67
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 5.86
Goldenrod
#DAA520
ΔE00 6.34
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5B45C #5C8DE5
analogous
#E56F5C #E5B45C #D2E55C
triadic
#E5B45C #5CE5B4 #B45CE5
tetradic
#E5B45C #5CE56F #5C8DE5 #E55CD2
square
#E5B45C #5CE56F #5C8DE5 #E55CD2
split-complementary
#E5B45C #5CD2E5 #6F5CE5
monochromatic
#AB781B #DD9C27 #E5B45C #EDCC91 #F6E5C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#E5B45C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.01
#E5B45C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5B45C
11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5B45C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5B45C | 1.00 | 1.91 | 11.01 | 11.01 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B454
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4C15F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7A6A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5b45c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 180, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.120 80.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ca8d',
500: '#e5b45c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5b45c; $custom-light: #f1ca8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5b45c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 180,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 38.54,
"s": 72.487,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79712,
"c": 0.12007,
"h": 80.2
},
"luminance": 0.50073
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5B45C
secondary
#3862AD
accent
#57D511
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F4
border
#D7D2CE
text
#17130C
muted
#85827F