#E5BC49#E5BC49

#E5BC49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.138 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BC49
RGB	rgb(229, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, 2.72, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 61.46, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% 0.0024 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.138 89)
XYZ	xyz(51.5017, 53.1086, 13.8404)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BC49 #4972E5

analogous

#E56E49 #E5BC49 #C0E549

triadic

#E5BC49 #49E5BC #BC49E5

tetradic

#E5BC49 #49E56E #4972E5 #E549C0

square

#E5BC49 #49E56E #4972E5 #E549C0

split-complementary

#E5BC49 #49C0E5 #6E49E5

monochromatic

#9D7A16 #D3A31E #E5BC49 #EDD07F #F4E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E5BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#E5BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BC49

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BC49	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.138 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf81',
    500: '#e5bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bc49;
$custom-light: #f1cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.231,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81089,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.53105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BC49

secondary

#324FA0

accent

#67F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BC49

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

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