#E5B548#E5B548

#E5B548 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.136 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B548
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, 6.34, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 60.32, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0127 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.136 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0096, 50.1770, 13.1808)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B548 #4878E5

analogous

#E56748 #E5B548 #C7E548

triadic

#E5B548 #48E5B5 #B548E5

tetradic

#E5B548 #48E567 #4878E5 #E548C7

square

#E5B548 #48E567 #4878E5 #E548C7

split-complementary

#E5B548 #48C7E5 #6748E5

monochromatic

#9C7316 #D29B1E #E5B548 #EDCB7E #F4E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E5B548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E5B548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B548

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B548	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.136 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca80',
    500: '#e5b548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b548;
$custom-light: #f1ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.797,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B548

secondary

#3253A0

accent

#6FF236

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B548

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

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