#E5B952#E5B952

#E5B952 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.130 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B952
RGB	rgb(229, 185, 82)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, 4.81, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 56.99, 85.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% 0.0095 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.13 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.1878, 51.9683, 15.3158)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B952 #527EE5

analogous

#E56F52 #E5B952 #C7E552

triadic

#E5B952 #52E5B9 #B952E5

tetradic

#E5B952 #52E56F #527EE5 #E552C7

square

#E5B952 #52E56F #527EE5 #E552C7

split-complementary

#E5B952 #52C7E5 #6F52E5

monochromatic

#A47A19 #D9A221 #E5B952 #EDCF87 #F5E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E5B952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#E5B952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B952

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B952	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)

#CDB847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 185, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.130 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd87',
    500: '#e5b952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b952;
$custom-light: #f1cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8058,
    "c": 0.13005,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B952

secondary

#3557A6

accent

#4BD610

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B952

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

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