#E5C372#E5C372

#E5C372 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.108 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C372
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 114)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, 1.98, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 44.95, 87.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% 0.0051 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.108 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8675, 56.9058, 24.0102)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C372 #7294E5

analogous

#E58A72 #E5C372 #CDE572

triadic

#E5C372 #72E5C3 #C372E5

tetradic

#E5C372 #72E58A #7294E5 #E572CD

square

#E5C372 #72E58A #7294E5 #E572CD

split-complementary

#E5C372 #72CDE5 #8A72E5

monochromatic

#BA8D22 #DBAD3E #E5C372 #EFD9A6 #F8EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E5C372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C372

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C372	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.108 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd59c',
    500: '#e5c372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c372;
$custom-light: #efd59c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82948,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C372

secondary

#4165BA

accent

#4CD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C372

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

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