#E5B659#E5B659

#E5B659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.123 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5B659
RGB	rgb(229, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, 6.84, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 53.25, 82.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0163 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.123 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8469, 50.8384, 16.5839)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5B659 #5988E5

analogous

#E57059 #E5B659 #CEE559

triadic

#E5B659 #59E5B6 #B659E5

tetradic

#E5B659 #59E570 #5988E5 #E559CE

square

#E5B659 #59E570 #5988E5 #E559CE

split-complementary

#E5B659 #59CEE5 #7059E5

monochromatic

#A9791A #DD9F24 #E5B659 #EDCD8E #F6E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E5B659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#E5B659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5B659

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5B659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5B659	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5b659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.123 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb8b',
    500: '#e5b659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5b659;
$custom-light: #f1cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5b659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80066,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5B659

secondary

#375EAB

accent

#52D510

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5B659

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

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