#E5B559#E5B559

#E5B559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.123 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B559
RGB	rgb(229, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, 7.36, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 53.05, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% 0.0178 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.123 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6428, 50.4303, 16.5159)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B559 #5989E5

analogous

#E56F59 #E5B559 #CFE559

triadic

#E5B559 #59E5B5 #B559E5

tetradic

#E5B559 #59E56F #5989E5 #E559CF

square

#E5B559 #59E56F #5989E5 #E559CF

split-complementary

#E5B559 #59CFE5 #6F59E5

monochromatic

#A9781A #DD9D24 #E5B559 #EDCD8E #F6E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E5B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E5B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B559

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B559	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.123 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb8b',
    500: '#e5b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b559;
$custom-light: #f1cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79871,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B559

secondary

#375FAB

accent

#54D510

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B559

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

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