#E5C165#E5C165

#E5C165 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.118 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C165
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, 1.95, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 50.50, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% 0.0035 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.119 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7344, 55.7404, 20.2380)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C165 #6589E5

analogous

#E58165 #E5C165 #C9E565

triadic

#E5C165 #65E5C1 #C165E5

tetradic

#E5C165 #65E581 #6589E5 #E565C9

square

#E5C165 #65E581 #6589E5 #E565C9

split-complementary

#E5C165 #65C9E5 #8165E5

monochromatic

#B2881E #DCAC31 #E5C165 #EED699 #F7EBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E5C165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C165

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C165	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.118 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d393',
    500: '#e5c165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c165;
$custom-light: #f0d393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82377,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C165

secondary

#3C5DB2

accent

#49D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C165

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

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