#E5C162#E5C162

#E5C162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.121 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C162
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, 1.72, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 51.88, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% 0.0025 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.121 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5900, 55.6826, 19.4780)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C162 #6286E5

analogous

#E58062 #E5C162 #C8E562

triadic

#E5C162 #62E5C1 #C162E5

tetradic

#E5C162 #62E580 #6286E5 #E562C8

square

#E5C162 #62E580 #6286E5 #E562C8

split-complementary

#E5C162 #62C8E5 #8062E5

monochromatic

#B0871D #DCAC2D #E5C162 #EED697 #F6EACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E5C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C162

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C162	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.121 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d391',
    500: '#e5c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c162;
$custom-light: #f0d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8234,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C162

secondary

#3B5BB1

accent

#47D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C162

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

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