#E5B656#E5B656

#E5B656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.126 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B656
RGB	rgb(229, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, 6.64, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 54.58, 83.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% 0.0153 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.126 83)
XYZ	xyz(50.7235, 50.7890, 15.9339)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B656 #5685E5

analogous

#E56F56 #E5B656 #CCE556

triadic

#E5B656 #56E5B6 #B656E5

tetradic

#E5B656 #56E56F #5685E5 #E556CC

square

#E5B656 #56E56F #5685E5 #E556CC

split-complementary

#E5B656 #56CCE5 #6F56E5

monochromatic

#A7781A #DC9F22 #E5B656 #EDCD8B #F5E4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E5B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#E5B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B656

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B656	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.126 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb89',
    500: '#e5b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b656;
$custom-light: #f1cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.28,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80033,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.50786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B656

secondary

#365CA9

accent

#51D510

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B656

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

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