#E5B848#E5B848

#E5B848 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.137 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B848
RGB	rgb(229, 184, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, 4.76, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 60.96, 85.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0081 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.137 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.6262, 51.4101, 13.3863)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B848 #4875E5

analogous

#E56A48 #E5B848 #C3E548

triadic

#E5B848 #48E5B8 #B848E5

tetradic

#E5B848 #48E56A #4875E5 #E548C3

square

#E5B848 #48E56A #4875E5 #E548C3

split-complementary

#E5B848 #48C3E5 #6A48E5

monochromatic

#9C7616 #D29E1E #E5B848 #EDCD7E #F4E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E5B848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#E5B848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B848

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B848	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 184, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.137 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd81',
    500: '#e5b848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b848;
$custom-light: #f1cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.803,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80289,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B848

secondary

#3251A0

accent

#6CF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B848

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

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