#E5C156#E5C156

#E5C156 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.131 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C156
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, 0.88, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 57.25, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0014 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.131 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0653, 55.4728, 16.7145)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C156 #567AE5

analogous

#E57A56 #E5C156 #C2E556

triadic

#E5C156 #56E5C1 #C156E5

tetradic

#E5C156 #56E57A #567AE5 #E556C2

square

#E5C156 #56E57A #567AE5 #E556C2

split-complementary

#E5C156 #56C2E5 #7A56E5

monochromatic

#A7831A #DCAD22 #E5C156 #EDD48B #F5E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E5C156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C156

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C156	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.131 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d38a',
    500: '#e5c156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c156;
$custom-light: #f1d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.895,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82207,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C156

secondary

#3653A9

accent

#42D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C156

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

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