#E5B948#E5B948

#E5B948 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.137 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B948
RGB	rgb(229, 185, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, 4.23, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 61.18, 86.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% 0.0066 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.137 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.8346, 51.8270, 13.4558)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B948 #4874E5

analogous

#E56B48 #E5B948 #C3E548

triadic

#E5B948 #48E5B9 #B948E5

tetradic

#E5B948 #48E56B #4874E5 #E548C3

square

#E5B948 #48E56B #4874E5 #E548C3

split-complementary

#E5B948 #48C3E5 #6B48E5

monochromatic

#9C7716 #D29F1E #E5B948 #EDCD7E #F4E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E5B948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#E5B948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B948

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B948	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 185, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.137 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd81',
    500: '#e5b948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b948;
$custom-light: #f1cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.185,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80486,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B948

secondary

#3250A0

accent

#6BF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B948

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

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