#E5C481#E5C481

#E5C481 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.093 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C481
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(40, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, 2.89, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 38.02, 85.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% 0.0093 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.093 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0172, 57.7254, 28.9561)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C481 #81A2E5

analogous

#E59281 #E5C481 #D4E581

triadic

#E5C481 #81E5C4 #C481E5

tetradic

#E5C481 #81E592 #81A2E5 #E581D4

square

#E5C481 #81E592 #81A2E5 #E581D4

split-complementary

#E5C481 #81D4E5 #9281E5

monochromatic

#C39028 #DBAC4E #E5C481 #EFDCB4 #FAF3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E5C481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C481

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C481	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C37C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.093 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd5a6',
    500: '#e5c481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c481;
$custom-light: #efd5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83377,
    "c": 0.09306,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C481

secondary

#4D72BD

accent

#54CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C481

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

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