#E5B850#E5B850

#E5B850 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.131 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B850
RGB	rgb(229, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, 5.21, 57.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 57.62, 84.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0104 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.131 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9043, 51.5214, 14.8513)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B850 #507DE5

analogous

#E56D50 #E5B850 #C7E550

triadic

#E5B850 #50E5B8 #B850E5

tetradic

#E5B850 #50E56D #507DE5 #E550C7

square

#E5B850 #50E56D #507DE5 #E550C7

split-complementary

#E5B850 #50C7E5 #6D50E5

monochromatic

#A27918 #D8A020 #E5B850 #EDCE85 #F5E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E5B850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#E5B850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B850

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B850	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.131 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd85',
    500: '#e5b850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b850;
$custom-light: #f1cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80363,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B850

secondary

#3456A5

accent

#4BD60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B850

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

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