#E5C464#E5C464

#E5C464 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.121 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C464
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 100)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 56.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, 0.31, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 51.81, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0014 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.121 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3556, 57.0607, 20.2049)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C464 #6485E5

analogous

#E58464 #E5C464 #C6E564

triadic

#E5C464 #64E5C4 #C464E5

tetradic

#E5C464 #64E584 #6485E5 #E564C6

square

#E5C464 #64E584 #6485E5 #E564C6

split-complementary

#E5C464 #64C6E5 #8464E5

monochromatic

#B18B1E #DCB030 #E5C464 #EED898 #F7ECCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E5C464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C464

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C464	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)

#D6C25B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.121 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d593',
    500: '#e5c464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c464;
$custom-light: #f0d593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82963,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C464

secondary

#3B5AB2

accent

#44D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C464

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

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