#E5C25A#E5C25A

#E5C25A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.129 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C25A
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, 0.63, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 55.77, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0016 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.129 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.4528, 55.9826, 17.6611)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C25A #5A7DE5

analogous

#E57C5A #E5C25A #C3E55A

triadic

#E5C25A #5AE5C2 #C25AE5

tetradic

#E5C25A #5AE57C #5A7DE5 #E55AC3

square

#E5C25A #5AE57C #5A7DE5 #E55AC3

split-complementary

#E5C25A #5AC3E5 #7C5AE5

monochromatic

#AA861B #DDAE25 #E5C25A #EDD68F #F6E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C25A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E5C25A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C25A

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C25A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C25A	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c25a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.129 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48c',
    500: '#e5c25a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c25a;
$custom-light: #f0d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c25a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82449,
    "c": 0.12863,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C25A

secondary

#3855AB

accent

#42D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C25A

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