#E5B950#E5B950

#E5B950 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B950
RGB	rgb(229, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, 4.69, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 57.84, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% 0.0089 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.132 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1128, 51.9383, 14.9208)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B950 #507CE5

analogous

#E56E50 #E5B950 #C6E550

triadic

#E5B950 #50E5B9 #B950E5

tetradic

#E5B950 #50E56E #507CE5 #E550C6

square

#E5B950 #50E56E #507CE5 #E550C6

split-complementary

#E5B950 #50C6E5 #6E50E5

monochromatic

#A27A18 #D8A220 #E5B950 #EDCE85 #F5E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E5B950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#E5B950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B950

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B950	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd85',
    500: '#e5b950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b950;
$custom-light: #f1cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8056,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B950

secondary

#3456A5

accent

#4AD60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B950

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

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