#E5B550#E5B550

#E5B550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.130 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B550
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, 6.79, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 56.98, 83.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% 0.015 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.13 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2878, 50.2883, 14.6458)
Luminance	0.5029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B550 #5080E5

analogous

#E56A50 #E5B550 #CAE550

triadic

#E5B550 #50E5B5 #B550E5

tetradic

#E5B550 #50E56A #5080E5 #E550CA

square

#E5B550 #50E56A #5080E5 #E550CA

split-complementary

#E5B550 #50CAE5 #6A50E5

monochromatic

#A27618 #D89D20 #E5B550 #EDCC85 #F5E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E5B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E5B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B550

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B550	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.130 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca85',
    500: '#e5b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b550;
$custom-light: #f1ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.671,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B550

secondary

#3459A5

accent

#4FD60F

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B550

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

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