#E5B159#E5B159

#E5B159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.122 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B159
RGB	rgb(229, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, 9.48, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 52.27, 79.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% 0.024 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.122 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8412, 48.8269, 16.2487)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B159 #598DE5

analogous

#E56B59 #E5B159 #D3E559

triadic

#E5B159 #59E5B1 #B159E5

tetradic

#E5B159 #59E56B #598DE5 #E559D3

square

#E5B159 #59E56B #598DE5 #E559D3

split-complementary

#E5B159 #59D3E5 #6B59E5

monochromatic

#A9741A #DD9824 #E5B159 #EDCA8E #F6E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E5B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#E5B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B159

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B159	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.122 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c88b',
    500: '#e5b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b159;
$custom-light: #f1c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B159

secondary

#B3C6E6

accent

#59D510

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B159

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

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