#E5B953#E5B953

#E5B953 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.129 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B953
RGB	rgb(229, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, 4.87, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 56.55, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% 0.0098 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.129 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2261, 51.9836, 15.5177)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B953 #537FE5

analogous

#E57053 #E5B953 #C8E553

triadic

#E5B953 #53E5B9 #B953E5

tetradic

#E5B953 #53E570 #537FE5 #E553C8

square

#E5B953 #53E570 #537FE5 #E553C8

split-complementary

#E5B953 #53C8E5 #7053E5

monochromatic

#A57B19 #DAA221 #E5B953 #EDCF88 #F5E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E5B953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#E5B953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B953

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B953	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.129 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd87',
    500: '#e5b953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b953;
$custom-light: #f1cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8059,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B953

secondary

#3558A7

accent

#4BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF3

border

#D7D3CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B953

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

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