#E5C468#E5C468

#E5C468 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.118 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C468
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 104)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 0.62, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 49.96, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% 0 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.118 90)
XYZ	xyz(54.5540, 57.1401, 21.2496)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C468 #6889E5

analogous

#E58568 #E5C468 #C7E568

triadic

#E5C468 #68E5C4 #C468E5

tetradic

#E5C468 #68E585 #6889E5 #E568C7

square

#E5C468 #68E585 #6889E5 #E568C7

split-complementary

#E5C468 #68C7E5 #8568E5

monochromatic

#B48C1F #DCB034 #E5C468 #EED89C #F7EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C468 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E5C468 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C468

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C468	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C468	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c468;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.118 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d595',
    500: '#e5c468',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c468;
$custom-light: #f0d595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c468",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83013,
    "c": 0.11765,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.57137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C468

secondary

#3D5CB4

accent

#45D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C468

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

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