#E5B552#E5B552

#E5B552 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.128 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B552
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, 6.91, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 56.12, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% 0.0156 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.128 83)
XYZ	xyz(50.3628, 50.3182, 15.0408)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B552 #5282E5

analogous

#E56B52 #E5B552 #CBE552

triadic

#E5B552 #52E5B5 #B552E5

tetradic

#E5B552 #52E56B #5282E5 #E552CB

square

#E5B552 #52E56B #5282E5 #E552CB

split-complementary

#E5B552 #52CBE5 #6B52E5

monochromatic

#A47619 #D99D21 #E5B552 #EDCC87 #F5E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E5B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E5B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B552

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B552	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)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.128 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca86',
    500: '#e5b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b552;
$custom-light: #f1ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79796,
    "c": 0.12832,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.50315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B552

secondary

#355AA6

accent

#50D610

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B552

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

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