#E5BC44#E5BC44
#E5BC44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.141 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5BC44 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 188, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 76%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 70.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.90, 2.46, 63.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.90, 63.46, 87.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.05% 0.001 0.1415) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.05% 0.141 89.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.3426, 53.0450, 13.0022) |
| Luminance | 0.5304 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.74
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 3.96
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.80
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.88
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.92
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5BC44 #446DE5
analogous
#E56B44 #E5BC44 #BEE544
triadic
#E5BC44 #44E5BC #BC44E5
tetradic
#E5BC44 #44E56B #446DE5 #E544BE
square
#E5BC44 #44E56B #446DE5 #E544BE
split-complementary
#E5BC44 #44BEE5 #6B44E5
monochromatic
#997815 #CFA21D #E5BC44 #ECCF7A #F4E3AF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E5BC44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.61
#E5BC44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5BC44
11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5BC44 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5BC44 | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.61 | 11.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC54A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8ACA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5bc44; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.141 89.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1cf7f',
500: '#e5bc44',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5bc44; $custom-light: #f1cf7f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5bc44",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 188,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.72,
"s": 75.587,
"l": 58.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81047,
"c": 0.14148,
"h": 89.6
},
"luminance": 0.53042
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5BC44
secondary
#304C9D
accent
#66F236
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130A
muted
#85837D