#E5C055#E5C055

#E5C055 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.131 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C055
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, 1.34, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 57.42, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0002 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.131 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.8050, 55.0161, 16.4304)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C055 #557AE5

analogous

#E57855 #E5C055 #C2E555

triadic

#E5C055 #55E5C0 #C055E5

tetradic

#E5C055 #55E578 #557AE5 #E555C2

square

#E5C055 #55E578 #557AE5 #E555C2

split-complementary

#E5C055 #55C2E5 #7855E5

monochromatic

#A68219 #DBAC22 #E5C055 #EDD48A #F5E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E5C055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E5C055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C055

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C055	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.131 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d289',
    500: '#e5c055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c055;
$custom-light: #f1d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81997,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C055

secondary

#3653A8

accent

#43D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C055

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

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