#E5BE59#E5BE59

#E5BE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.127 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BE59
RGB	rgb(229, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, 2.64, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 55.14, 87.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% 0.0041 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.127 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5323, 54.2092, 17.1457)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BE59 #5980E5

analogous

#E57859 #E5BE59 #C6E559

triadic

#E5BE59 #59E5BE #BE59E5

tetradic

#E5BE59 #59E578 #5980E5 #E559C6

square

#E5BE59 #59E578 #5980E5 #E559C6

split-complementary

#E5BE59 #59C6E5 #7859E5

monochromatic

#A9811A #DDA924 #E5BE59 #EDD38E #F6E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E5BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#E5BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BE59

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BE59	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.127 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d18b',
    500: '#e5be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5be59;
$custom-light: #f0d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81641,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BE59

secondary

#3758AB

accent

#47D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BE59

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

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