#E5BA59#E5BA59

#E5BA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BA59
RGB	rgb(229, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, 4.73, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 54.15, 84.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% 0.0102 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.125 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6778, 52.5002, 16.8609)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BA59 #5984E5

analogous

#E57459 #E5BA59 #CAE559

triadic

#E5BA59 #59E5BA #BA59E5

tetradic

#E5BA59 #59E574 #5984E5 #E559CA

square

#E5BA59 #59E574 #5984E5 #E559CA

split-complementary

#E5BA59 #59CAE5 #7459E5

monochromatic

#A97D1A #DDA424 #E5BA59 #EDD08E #F6E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E5BA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#E5BA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BA59

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BA59	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ce8b',
    500: '#e5ba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ba59;
$custom-light: #f1ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80851,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BA59

secondary

#375BAB

accent

#4DD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BA59

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

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