#E5B844#E5B844

#E5B844 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.140 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B844
RGB	rgb(229, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, 4.55, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 62.56, 85.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% 0.007 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.14 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4999, 51.3596, 12.7213)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B844 #4471E5

analogous

#E56744 #E5B844 #C1E544

triadic

#E5B844 #44E5B8 #B844E5

tetradic

#E5B844 #44E567 #4471E5 #E544C1

square

#E5B844 #44E567 #4471E5 #E544C1

split-complementary

#E5B844 #44C1E5 #6744E5

monochromatic

#997415 #CF9D1D #E5B844 #ECCC7A #F4E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E5B844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#E5B844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B844

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B844	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.140 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd7e',
    500: '#e5b844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b844;
$custom-light: #f1cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.23,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80255,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B844

secondary

#304F9D

accent

#6AF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B844

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

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