#E5BE4A#E5BE4A

#E5BE4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE4A
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, 1.73, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 61.54, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0004 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.139 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9653, 53.9824, 14.1598)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE4A #4A71E5

analogous

#E5714A #E5BE4A #BFE54A

triadic

#E5BE4A #4AE5BE #BE4AE5

tetradic

#E5BE4A #4AE571 #4A71E5 #E54ABF

square

#E5BE4A #4AE571 #4A71E5 #E54ABF

split-complementary

#E5BE4A #4ABFE5 #714AE5

monochromatic

#9E7C17 #D3A61E #E5BE4A #EDD180 #F4E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#E5BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE4A

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE4A	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d182',
    500: '#e5be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be4a;
$custom-light: #f1d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.903,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81495,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE4A

secondary

#324EA1

accent

#65F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE4A

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

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