#E5C160#E5C160

#E5C160 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.123 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C160
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, 1.57, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 52.79, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% 0.0018 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.123 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4968, 55.6453, 18.9869)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C160 #6084E5

analogous

#E57E60 #E5C160 #C7E560

triadic

#E5C160 #60E5C1 #C160E5

tetradic

#E5C160 #60E57E #6084E5 #E560C7

square

#E5C160 #60E57E #6084E5 #E560C7

split-complementary

#E5C160 #60C7E5 #7E60E5

monochromatic

#AE871C #DCAC2B #E5C160 #EED695 #F6EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#E5C160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C160

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C160	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.123 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d390',
    500: '#e5c160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c160;
$custom-light: #f0d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.759,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82317,
    "c": 0.12292,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C160

secondary

#3A5AAF

accent

#46D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C160

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

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