#E5B553#E5B553

#E5B553 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.128 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B553
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, 6.97, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 55.68, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% 0.0159 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.128 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4011, 50.3336, 15.2426)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B553 #5383E5

analogous

#E56C53 #E5B553 #CCE553

triadic

#E5B553 #53E5B5 #B553E5

tetradic

#E5B553 #53E56C #5383E5 #E553CC

square

#E5B553 #53E56C #5383E5 #E553CC

split-complementary

#E5B553 #53CCE5 #6C53E5

monochromatic

#A57719 #DA9D21 #E5B553 #EDCC88 #F5E3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E5B553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#E5B553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B553

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B553	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.128 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca87',
    500: '#e5b553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b553;
$custom-light: #f1ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79806,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B553

secondary

#355BA7

accent

#51D610

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B553

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

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