#E5C166#E5C166

#E5C166 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.118 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C166
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, 2.02, 49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 50.03, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% 0.0039 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.118 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7837, 55.7601, 20.4976)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C166 #668AE5

analogous

#E58166 #E5C166 #CAE566

triadic

#E5C166 #66E5C1 #C166E5

tetradic

#E5C166 #66E581 #668AE5 #E566CA

square

#E5C166 #66E581 #668AE5 #E566CA

split-complementary

#E5C166 #66CAE5 #8166E5

monochromatic

#B2881E #DCAC32 #E5C166 #EED69A #F7EBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E5C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C166

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C166	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)

#D3BF5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.118 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d394',
    500: '#e5c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c166;
$custom-light: #f0d394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.992,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8239,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C166

secondary

#3C5EB3

accent

#49D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C166

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

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