#E5BC57#E5BC57

#E5BC57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.128 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BC57
RGB	rgb(229, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, 3.55, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 55.52, 86.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% 0.0065 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.128 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0192, 53.3156, 16.5660)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BC57 #5780E5

analogous

#E57557 #E5BC57 #C7E557

triadic

#E5BC57 #57E5BC #BC57E5

tetradic

#E5BC57 #57E575 #5780E5 #E557C7

square

#E5BC57 #57E575 #5780E5 #E557C7

split-complementary

#E5BC57 #57C7E5 #7557E5

monochromatic

#A87F1A #DDA722 #E5BC57 #EDD18C #F5E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E5BC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#E5BC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BC57

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BC57	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)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.128 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf8a',
    500: '#e5bc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bc57;
$custom-light: #f1cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.676,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81224,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BC57

secondary

#3758AA

accent

#49D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BC57

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

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