#E5B558#E5B558

#E5B558 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.124 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B558
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 88)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, 7.30, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 53.49, 82.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% 0.0175 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.124 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6011, 50.4136, 16.2962)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B558 #5888E5

analogous

#E56E58 #E5B558 #CFE558

triadic

#E5B558 #58E5B5 #B558E5

tetradic

#E5B558 #58E56E #5888E5 #E558CF

square

#E5B558 #58E56E #5888E5 #E558CF

split-complementary

#E5B558 #58CFE5 #6E58E5

monochromatic

#A8781A #DD9E23 #E5B558 #EDCC8D #F5E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E5B558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#E5B558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B558

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B558	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	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)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.124 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb8a',
    500: '#e5b558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b558;
$custom-light: #f1cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7986,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B558

secondary

#375EAA

accent

#53D510

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B558

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

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