#E5C261#E5C261

#E5C261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.123 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C261
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, 1.12, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 52.61, 88.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% 0.0006 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.123 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7649, 56.1075, 19.3048)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C261 #6184E5

analogous

#E58061 #E5C261 #C6E561

triadic

#E5C261 #61E5C2 #C261E5

tetradic

#E5C261 #61E580 #6184E5 #E561C6

square

#E5C261 #61E580 #6184E5 #E561C6

split-complementary

#E5C261 #61C6E5 #8061E5

monochromatic

#AF881D #DCAE2C #E5C261 #EED696 #F6EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E5C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C261

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C261	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)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.123 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d491',
    500: '#e5c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c261;
$custom-light: #f0d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82528,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C261

secondary

#3A59B0

accent

#45D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C261

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

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