#E5C466#E5C466

#E5C466 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.119 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C466
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 102)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, 0.46, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 50.89, 89.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0007 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.119 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4536, 57.0999, 20.7209)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C466 #6687E5

analogous

#E58466 #E5C466 #C7E566

triadic

#E5C466 #66E5C4 #C466E5

tetradic

#E5C466 #66E584 #6687E5 #E566C7

square

#E5C466 #66E584 #6687E5 #E566C7

split-complementary

#E5C466 #66C7E5 #8466E5

monochromatic

#B28C1E #DCB032 #E5C466 #EED89A #F7ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C466 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E5C466 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C466

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C466	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C466	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.119 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d594',
    500: '#e5c466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c466;
$custom-light: #f0d594;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.409,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82988,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C466

secondary

#3C5BB3

accent

#45D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C466

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

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