#E5C266#E5C266

#E5C266 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.118 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C266
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, 1.50, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 50.31, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% 0.0023 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.118 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0055, 56.2037, 20.5716)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C266 #6689E5

analogous

#E58366 #E5C266 #C8E566

triadic

#E5C266 #66E5C2 #C266E5

tetradic

#E5C266 #66E583 #6689E5 #E566C8

square

#E5C266 #66E583 #6689E5 #E566C8

split-complementary

#E5C266 #66C8E5 #8366E5

monochromatic

#B28A1E #DCAD32 #E5C266 #EED79A #F7ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E5C266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C266

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C266	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.118 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d494',
    500: '#e5c266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c266;
$custom-light: #f0d494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82589,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C266

secondary

#3C5DB3

accent

#48D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C266

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →