#E5C463#E5C463

#E5C463 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.122 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C463
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, 0.23, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 52.27, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0017 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.122 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.3075, 57.0415, 19.9515)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C463 #6384E5

analogous

#E58363 #E5C463 #C5E563

triadic

#E5C463 #63E5C4 #C463E5

tetradic

#E5C463 #63E583 #6384E5 #E563C5

square

#E5C463 #63E583 #6384E5 #E563C5

split-complementary

#E5C463 #63C5E5 #8363E5

monochromatic

#B08B1D #DCB02F #E5C463 #EED897 #F6ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E5C463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C463

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C463	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.122 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d592',
    500: '#e5c463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c463;
$custom-light: #f0d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82951,
    "c": 0.12218,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C463

secondary

#3B59B1

accent

#43D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C463

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

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