#E5C061#E5C061

#E5C061 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.121 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C061
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, 2.16, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 52.06, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% 0.0037 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.121 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.3228, 55.2232, 19.1575)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C061 #6186E5

analogous

#E57E61 #E5C061 #C8E561

triadic

#E5C061 #61E5C0 #C061E5

tetradic

#E5C061 #61E57E #6186E5 #E561C8

square

#E5C061 #61E57E #6186E5 #E561C8

split-complementary

#E5C061 #61C8E5 #7E61E5

monochromatic

#AF861D #DCAB2C #E5C061 #EED596 #F6EACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C061 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E5C061 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C061

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C061	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C061	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c061;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.121 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d291',
    500: '#e5c061',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c061;
$custom-light: #f0d291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c061",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8213,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C061

secondary

#3A5BB0

accent

#48D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C061

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

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