#E5BE4B#E5BE4B
#E5BE4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.138 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5BE4B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 190, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 75%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 67%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17%, 67.2%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.46, 1.78, 61.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.46, 61.13, 88.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.5% -0.0001 0.1378) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.5% 0.138 90) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.9993, 53.9960, 14.3386) |
| Luminance | 0.5399 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.31
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.47
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.55
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.34
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.39
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5BE4B #4B72E5
analogous
#E5714B #E5BE4B #BFE54B
triadic
#E5BE4B #4BE5BE #BE4BE5
tetradic
#E5BE4B #4BE571 #4B72E5 #E54BBF
square
#E5BE4B #4BE571 #4B72E5 #E54BBF
split-complementary
#E5BE4B #4BBFE5 #714BE5
monochromatic
#9F7C17 #D4A61F #E5BE4B #EDD180 #F4E5B6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.78
#E5BE4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.80
#E5BE4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5BE4B
11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5BE4B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5BE4B | 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)
#D2BC3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC750
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7AFA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5be4b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.138 90.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d183',
500: '#e5be4b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5be4b; $custom-light: #f1d183; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5be4b",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 190,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.805,
"s": 74.757,
"l": 59.608
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81504,
"c": 0.1378,
"h": 90
},
"luminance": 0.53993
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5BE4B
secondary
#334FA2
accent
#66F136
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E