#E5C268#E5C268

#E5C268 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.116 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C268
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 104)
HSL	hsl(43, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, 1.66, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 49.38, 88.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% 0.003 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.116 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1058, 56.2438, 21.1003)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C268 #688BE5

analogous

#E58368 #E5C268 #C9E568

triadic

#E5C268 #68E5C2 #C268E5

tetradic

#E5C268 #68E583 #688BE5 #E568C9

square

#E5C268 #68E583 #688BE5 #E568C9

split-complementary

#E5C268 #68C9E5 #8368E5

monochromatic

#B48A1F #DCAD34 #E5C268 #EED79C #F7ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5C268 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E5C268 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C268

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C268	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C268	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c268;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.116 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d495',
    500: '#e5c268',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c268;
$custom-light: #f0d495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c268",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82614,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C268

secondary

#3D5EB4

accent

#49D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C268

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