#E5B955#E5B955

#E5B955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.128 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B955
RGB	rgb(229, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, 5.00, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 55.68, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% 0.0104 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.128 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3044, 52.0150, 15.9302)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B955 #5581E5

analogous

#E57155 #E5B955 #C9E555

triadic

#E5B955 #55E5B9 #B955E5

tetradic

#E5B955 #55E571 #5581E5 #E555C9

square

#E5B955 #55E571 #5581E5 #E555C9

split-complementary

#E5B955 #55C9E5 #7155E5

monochromatic

#A67B19 #DBA322 #E5B955 #EDCF8A #F5E5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E5B955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#E5B955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B955

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B955	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)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.128 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd88',
    500: '#e5b955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b955;
$custom-light: #f1cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80611,
    "c": 0.12773,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B955

secondary

#3659A8

accent

#4CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B955

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

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