#E5C25B#E5C25B

#E5C25B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.128 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C25B
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 0.69, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 55.32, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0013 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.128 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4957, 55.9998, 17.8868)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C25B #5B7EE5

analogous

#E57D5B #E5C25B #C3E55B

triadic

#E5C25B #5BE5C2 #C25BE5

tetradic

#E5C25B #5BE57D #5B7EE5 #E55BC3

square

#E5C25B #5BE57D #5B7EE5 #E55BC3

split-complementary

#E5C25B #5BC3E5 #7D5BE5

monochromatic

#AB861B #DDAE26 #E5C25B #EDD690 #F6E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E5C25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C25B

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C25B	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)

#D5C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.128 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48d',
    500: '#e5c25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c25b;
$custom-light: #f0d48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8246,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C25B

secondary

#3856AC

accent

#42D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C25B

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

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