#E5B059#E5B059

#E5B059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.121 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B059
RGB	rgb(229, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.1%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, 10.01, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 52.09, 78.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% 0.0256 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.121 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6444, 48.4333, 16.1831)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B059 #598EE5

analogous

#E56A59 #E5B059 #D4E559

triadic

#E5B059 #59E5B0 #B059E5

tetradic

#E5B059 #59E56A #598EE5 #E559D4

square

#E5B059 #59E56A #598EE5 #E559D4

split-complementary

#E5B059 #59D4E5 #6A59E5

monochromatic

#A9731A #DD9724 #E5B059 #EDC98E #F6E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E5B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#E5B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B059

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B059	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.121 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c78b',
    500: '#e5b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b059;
$custom-light: #f1c78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78903,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B059

secondary

#B3C7E6

accent

#5BD510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B059

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

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