#E5B555#E5B555

#E5B555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.126 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B555
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, 7.10, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 54.81, 82.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% 0.0165 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.126 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4794, 50.3649, 15.6552)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B555 #5585E5

analogous

#E56D55 #E5B555 #CDE555

triadic

#E5B555 #55E5B5 #B555E5

tetradic

#E5B555 #55E56D #5585E5 #E555CD

square

#E5B555 #55E56D #5585E5 #E555CD

split-complementary

#E5B555 #55CDE5 #6D55E5

monochromatic

#A67719 #DB9D22 #E5B555 #EDCC8A #F5E3BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E5B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#E5B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B555

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B555	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)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.126 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca88',
    500: '#e5b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b555;
$custom-light: #f1ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79827,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B555

secondary

#365CA8

accent

#52D610

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B555

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

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