#E5BC59#E5BC59

#E5BC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.126 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BC59
RGB	rgb(229, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, 3.69, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 54.63, 86.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% 0.0071 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.126 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1021, 53.3488, 17.0023)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BC59 #5982E5

analogous

#E57659 #E5BC59 #C8E559

triadic

#E5BC59 #59E5BC #BC59E5

tetradic

#E5BC59 #59E576 #5982E5 #E559C8

square

#E5BC59 #59E576 #5982E5 #E559C8

split-complementary

#E5BC59 #59C8E5 #7659E5

monochromatic

#A97F1A #DDA724 #E5BC59 #EDD18E #F6E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E5BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#E5BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BC59

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BC59	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.126 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf8b',
    500: '#e5bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bc59;
$custom-light: #f1cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81245,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BC59

secondary

#3759AB

accent

#4AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BC59

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

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