#E5C16A#E5C16A

#E5C16A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.114 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C16A
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, 2.34, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 48.17, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% 0.0053 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.114 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9868, 55.8414, 21.5677)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C16A #6A8EE5

analogous

#E5836A #E5C16A #CBE56A

triadic

#E5C16A #6AE5C1 #C16AE5

tetradic

#E5C16A #6AE583 #6A8EE5 #E56ACB

square

#E5C16A #6AE583 #6A8EE5 #E56ACB

split-complementary

#E5C16A #6ACBE5 #836AE5

monochromatic

#B58920 #DCAB36 #E5C16A #EED79E #F7ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E5C16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C16A

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C16A	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B4AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.114 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d397',
    500: '#e5c16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c16a;
$custom-light: #f0d397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82441,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C16A

secondary

#3E61B5

accent

#4BD213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C16A

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

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