#E5C462#E5C462

#E5C462 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.123 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C462
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, 0.16, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 52.73, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.002 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.123 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2600, 57.0225, 19.7013)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C462 #6283E5

analogous

#E58362 #E5C462 #C5E562

triadic

#E5C462 #62E5C4 #C462E5

tetradic

#E5C462 #62E583 #6283E5 #E562C5

square

#E5C462 #62E583 #6283E5 #E562C5

split-complementary

#E5C462 #62C5E5 #8362E5

monochromatic

#B08B1D #DCB02D #E5C462 #EED897 #F6EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E5C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C462

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C462	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.123 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d591',
    500: '#e5c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c462;
$custom-light: #f0d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.885,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82939,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C462

secondary

#3B58B1

accent

#43D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C462

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

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