#E5C260#E5C260

#E5C260 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.124 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C260
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, 1.05, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 53.07, 88.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% 0.0003 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.124 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7186, 56.0890, 19.0608)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C260 #6083E5

analogous

#E57F60 #E5C260 #C5E560

triadic

#E5C260 #60E5C2 #C260E5

tetradic

#E5C260 #60E57F #6083E5 #E560C5

square

#E5C260 #60E57F #6083E5 #E560C5

split-complementary

#E5C260 #60C5E5 #7F60E5

monochromatic

#AE881C #DCAE2B #E5C260 #EED695 #F6EAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E5C260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C260

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C260	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.124 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d490',
    500: '#e5c260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c260;
$custom-light: #f0d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82516,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C260

secondary

#3A59AF

accent

#45D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C260

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

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