#E5C874#E5C874

#E5C874 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.109 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C874
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 49.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -0.43, 45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 45.50, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0017 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.109 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.1217, 59.2300, 24.9960)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C874 #7491E5

analogous

#E59074 #E5C874 #C9E574

triadic

#E5C874 #74E5C8 #C874E5

tetradic

#E5C874 #74E590 #7491E5 #E574C9

square

#E5C874 #74E590 #7491E5 #E574C9

split-complementary

#E5C874 #74C9E5 #9074E5

monochromatic

#BC9423 #DBB440 #E5C874 #EFDCA8 #F8F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5C874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E5C874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C874

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C874	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.109 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd89d',
    500: '#e5c874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c874;
$custom-light: #efd89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.602,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83974,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C874

secondary

#4261BB

accent

#45D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C874

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

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