#E5BE50#E5BE50

#E5BE50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.134 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE50
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, 2.07, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 59.05, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% 0.0013 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.134 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1772, 54.0672, 15.2756)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE50 #5077E5

analogous

#E57350 #E5BE50 #C2E550

triadic

#E5BE50 #50E5BE #BE50E5

tetradic

#E5BE50 #50E573 #5077E5 #E550C2

square

#E5BE50 #50E573 #5077E5 #E550C2

split-complementary

#E5BE50 #50C2E5 #7350E5

monochromatic

#A27E18 #D8A820 #E5BE50 #EDD285 #F5E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#E5BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE50

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE50	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)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.134 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d186',
    500: '#e5be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be50;
$custom-light: #f1d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.295,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8155,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE50

secondary

#3452A5

accent

#43D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE50

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

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