#E5B856#E5B856

#E5B856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.126 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B856
RGB	rgb(229, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, 5.59, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 55.02, 84.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0123 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.126 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1360, 51.6141, 16.0714)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B856 #5683E5

analogous

#E57156 #E5B856 #CAE556

triadic

#E5B856 #56E5B8 #B856E5

tetradic

#E5B856 #56E571 #5683E5 #E556CA

square

#E5B856 #56E571 #5683E5 #E556CA

split-complementary

#E5B856 #56CAE5 #7156E5

monochromatic

#A77A1A #DCA122 #E5B856 #EDCE8B #F5E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E5B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#E5B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B856

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B856	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.126 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd89',
    500: '#e5b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b856;
$custom-light: #f1cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.119,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80425,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B856

secondary

#365AA9

accent

#4ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B856

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

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