#E5BD59#E5BD59

#E5BD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.127 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BD59
RGB	rgb(229, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 3.16, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 54.88, 86.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% 0.0056 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.127 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3164, 53.7775, 17.0738)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BD59 #5981E5

analogous

#E57759 #E5BD59 #C7E559

triadic

#E5BD59 #59E5BD #BD59E5

tetradic

#E5BD59 #59E577 #5981E5 #E559C7

square

#E5BD59 #59E577 #5981E5 #E559C7

split-complementary

#E5BD59 #59C7E5 #7759E5

monochromatic

#A9801A #DDA824 #E5BD59 #EDD28E #F6E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E5BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E5BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BD59

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BD59	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.127 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d08b',
    500: '#e5bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bd59;
$custom-light: #f1d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81443,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BD59

secondary

#3758AB

accent

#49D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BD59

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

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