#E5B649#E5B649

#E5B649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5B649
RGBrgb(229, 182, 73)
HSLhsl(42, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(42, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 20.5%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.44, 5.86, 59.83)
CIE-LCHlch(76.44, 60.12, 84.40°)
OKLaboklab(79.91% 0.0114 0.1348)
OKLCHoklch(79.91% 0.135 85.2)
XYZxyz(50.2465, 50.5983, 13.4220)
Luminance0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5B649 #4978E5
analogous
#E56849 #E5B649 #C6E549
triadic
#E5B649 #49E5B6 #B649E5
tetradic
#E5B649 #49E568 #4978E5 #E549C6
square
#E5B649 #49E568 #4978E5 #E549C6
split-complementary
#E5B649 #49C6E5 #6849E5
monochromatic
#9D7516 #D39C1E #E5B649 #EDCB7F #F4E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#E5B649 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12
#E5B649 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B649
11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5B649#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5B6491.001.8911.1211.12
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1221.001.001.00
##00000011.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBB53C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C24E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8A69F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 85.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb81',
    500: '#e5b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5b649;
$custom-light: #f1cb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79905,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5B649
secondary
#3253A0
accent
#6FF236
background
#FFFDFB
surface
#FFF9F2
border
#D7D2CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85827E

Preview Lab

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#E5B649 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva