#E1BE59#E1BE59

#E1BE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.126 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E1BE59
RGB	rgb(225, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, 0.97, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 54.55, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0005 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.126 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2704, 53.5585, 17.0866)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E1BE59 #597CE1

analogous

#E17A59 #E1BE59 #C0E159

triadic

#E1BE59 #59E1BE #BE59E1

tetradic

#E1BE59 #59E17A #597CE1 #E159C0

square

#E1BE59 #59E17A #597CE1 #E159C0

split-complementary

#E1BE59 #59C0E1 #7A59E1

monochromatic

#A2801D #D6A927 #E1BE59 #EAD28D #F4E7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E1BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#E1BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E1BE59

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E1BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E1BE59	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e1be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.126 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eed18b',
    500: '#e1be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e1be59;
$custom-light: #eed18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e1be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81254,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E1BE59

secondary

#3955A5

accent

#45D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E1BE59

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

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