#E5BC55#E5BC55

#E5BC55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.129 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BC55
RGB	rgb(229, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, 3.42, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 56.40, 86.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% 0.0059 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.129 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9387, 53.2834, 16.1416)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BC55 #557EE5

analogous

#E57455 #E5BC55 #C6E555

triadic

#E5BC55 #55E5BC #BC55E5

tetradic

#E5BC55 #55E574 #557EE5 #E555C6

square

#E5BC55 #55E574 #557EE5 #E555C6

split-complementary

#E5BC55 #55C6E5 #7455E5

monochromatic

#A67E19 #DBA622 #E5BC55 #EDD18A #F5E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E5BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#E5BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BC55

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BC55	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.129 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf89',
    500: '#e5bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bc55;
$custom-light: #f1cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81203,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BC55

secondary

#3656A8

accent

#48D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BC55

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

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