#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
RGB	rgb(229, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, 5.86, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 60.12, 84.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% 0.0114 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.135 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.2465, 50.5983, 13.4220)
Luminance	0.5060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E5B649	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5B649

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

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