#E5BB59#E5BB59

#E5BB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.126 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BB59
RGB	rgb(229, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, 4.21, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 54.39, 85.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% 0.0086 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.126 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8892, 52.9230, 16.9313)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BB59 #5983E5

analogous

#E57559 #E5BB59 #C9E559

triadic

#E5BB59 #59E5BB #BB59E5

tetradic

#E5BB59 #59E575 #5983E5 #E559C9

square

#E5BB59 #59E575 #5983E5 #E559C9

split-complementary

#E5BB59 #59C9E5 #7559E5

monochromatic

#A97E1A #DDA524 #E5BB59 #EDD18E #F6E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E5BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#E5BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BB59

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BB59	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.126 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf8b',
    500: '#e5bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bb59;
$custom-light: #f1cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81048,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BB59

secondary

#375AAB

accent

#4BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BB59

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

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