#E5B556#E5B556

#E5B556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.125 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B556
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, 7.16, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 54.37, 82.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% 0.0169 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.125 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5194, 50.3809, 15.8659)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B556 #5686E5

analogous

#E56E56 #E5B556 #CEE556

triadic

#E5B556 #56E5B5 #B556E5

tetradic

#E5B556 #56E56E #5686E5 #E556CE

square

#E5B556 #56E56E #5686E5 #E556CE

split-complementary

#E5B556 #56CEE5 #6E56E5

monochromatic

#A7781A #DC9D22 #E5B556 #EDCC8B #F5E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E5B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E5B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B556

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B556	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.125 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca89',
    500: '#e5b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b556;
$custom-light: #f1ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79838,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B556

secondary

#365DA9

accent

#52D510

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B556

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

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