#E5C052#E5C052

#E5C052 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.134 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C052
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, 1.15, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 58.71, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0011 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.134 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.6884, 54.9695, 15.8160)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C052 #5277E5

analogous

#E57652 #E5C052 #C0E552

triadic

#E5C052 #52E5C0 #C052E5

tetradic

#E5C052 #52E576 #5277E5 #E552C0

square

#E5C052 #52E576 #5277E5 #E552C0

split-complementary

#E5C052 #52C0E5 #7652E5

monochromatic

#A48119 #D9AB21 #E5C052 #EDD387 #F5E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E5C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#E5C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C052

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C052	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.134 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d287',
    500: '#e5c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c052;
$custom-light: #f1d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.898,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81968,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C052

secondary

#3551A6

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C052

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

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