#E5C262#E5C262

#E5C262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.122 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C262
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, 1.20, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 52.16, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% 0.001 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.122 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8119, 56.1263, 19.5519)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C262 #6285E5

analogous

#E58162 #E5C262 #C7E562

triadic

#E5C262 #62E5C2 #C262E5

tetradic

#E5C262 #62E581 #6285E5 #E562C7

square

#E5C262 #62E581 #6285E5 #E562C7

split-complementary

#E5C262 #62C7E5 #8162E5

monochromatic

#B0881D #DCAE2D #E5C262 #EED697 #F6EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E5C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C262

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C262	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)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.122 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d491',
    500: '#e5c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c262;
$custom-light: #f0d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8254,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C262

secondary

#3B5AB1

accent

#46D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C262

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

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