#E5BC5B#E5BC5B

#E5BC5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.124 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BC5B
RGB	rgb(229, 188, 91)
HSL	hsl(42, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, 3.82, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 53.74, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% 0.0078 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.124 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1872, 53.3828, 17.4506)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BC5B #5B84E5

analogous

#E5775B #E5BC5B #C9E55B

triadic

#E5BC5B #5BE5BC #BC5BE5

tetradic

#E5BC5B #5BE577 #5B84E5 #E55BC9

square

#E5BC5B #5BE577 #5B84E5 #E55BC9

split-complementary

#E5BC5B #5BC9E5 #775BE5

monochromatic

#AB801B #DDA626 #E5BC5B #EDD290 #F6E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E5BC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#E5BC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BC5B

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BC5B	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.124 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0cf8c',
    500: '#e5bc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bc5b;
$custom-light: #f0cf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BC5B

secondary

#385BAC

accent

#4BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BC5B

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

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