#E5C15D#E5C15D
#E5C15D is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.125 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C15D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 193, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 59.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.38, 1.35, 54.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.38, 54.15, 88.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.28% 0.0008 0.1255) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.28% 0.125 89.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3613, 55.5911, 18.2733) |
| Luminance | 0.5559 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.27
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.61
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.09
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.19
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.37
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 6.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C15D #5D81E5
analogous
#E57D5D #E5C15D #C5E55D
triadic
#E5C15D #5DE5C1 #C15DE5
tetradic
#E5C15D #5DE57D #5D81E5 #E55DC5
square
#E5C15D #5DE57D #5D81E5 #E55DC5
split-complementary
#E5C15D #5DC5E5 #7D5DE5
monochromatic
#AC861C #DDAD28 #E5C15D #EDD592 #F6E9C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E5C15D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.12
#E5C15D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C15D
12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C15D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C15D | 1.00 | 1.73 | 12.12 | 12.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BF53
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC961
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B3AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c15d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.125 89.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d38e',
500: '#e5c15d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c15d; $custom-light: #f0d38e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c15d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 193,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.118,
"s": 72.34,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82282,
"c": 0.12549,
"h": 89.6
},
"luminance": 0.55588
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C15D
secondary
#3958AD
accent
#45D411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F