#E5BE4E#E5BE4E

#E5BE4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE4E
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, 1.95, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 59.89, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% 0.0007 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.136 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1044, 54.0380, 14.8922)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE4E #4E75E5

analogous

#E5724E #E5BE4E #C1E54E

triadic

#E5BE4E #4EE5BE #BE4EE5

tetradic

#E5BE4E #4EE572 #4E75E5 #E54EC1

square

#E5BE4E #4EE572 #4E75E5 #E54EC1

split-complementary

#E5BE4E #4EC1E5 #724EE5

monochromatic

#A17D18 #D6A71F #E5BE4E #EDD283 #F5E5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#E5BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE4E

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE4E	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d185',
    500: '#e5be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be4e;
$custom-light: #f1d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81531,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE4E

secondary

#3451A4

accent

#43D70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE4E

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