#E5C263#E5C263

#E5C263 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.121 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C263
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, 1.27, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 51.70, 88.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% 0.0013 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.121 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8594, 56.1453, 19.8022)
Luminance	0.5614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C263 #6386E5

analogous

#E58163 #E5C263 #C7E563

triadic

#E5C263 #63E5C2 #C263E5

tetradic

#E5C263 #63E581 #6386E5 #E563C7

square

#E5C263 #63E581 #6386E5 #E563C7

split-complementary

#E5C263 #63C7E5 #8163E5

monochromatic

#B0891D #DCAD2F #E5C263 #EED797 #F6EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E5C263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C263

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C263	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.121 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d492',
    500: '#e5c263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c263;
$custom-light: #f0d492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82552,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C263

secondary

#3B5BB1

accent

#46D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C263

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

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