#E5BE55#E5BE55

#E5BE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.130 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE55
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, 2.38, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 56.90, 87.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% 0.0028 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.13 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.3689, 54.1438, 16.2850)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE55 #557CE5

analogous

#E57655 #E5BE55 #C4E555

triadic

#E5BE55 #55E5BE #BE55E5

tetradic

#E5BE55 #55E576 #557CE5 #E555C4

square

#E5BE55 #55E576 #557CE5 #E555C4

split-complementary

#E5BE55 #55C4E5 #7655E5

monochromatic

#A68019 #DBA922 #E5BE55 #EDD28A #F5E7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E5BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#E5BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE55

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE55	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.130 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d189',
    500: '#e5be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be55;
$custom-light: #f1d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81599,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE55

secondary

#3655A8

accent

#45D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE55

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

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