#E5BE74#E5BE74
#E5BE74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.103 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5BE74 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 190, 116) |
| HSL | hsl(39, 68%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(39, 49%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17%, 49.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.90, 4.78, 42.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.90, 42.65, 83.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.99% 0.0135 0.1019) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.99% 0.103 82.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.8810, 54.7487, 24.2491) |
| Luminance | 0.5475 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 4.16
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 5.41
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 5.57
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.66
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.70
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 6.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5BE74 #749BE5
analogous
#E58574 #E5BE74 #D4E574
triadic
#E5BE74 #74E5BE #BE74E5
tetradic
#E5BE74 #74E585 #749BE5 #E574D4
square
#E5BE74 #74E585 #749BE5 #E574D4
split-complementary
#E5BE74 #74D4E5 #8574E5
monochromatic
#BC8723 #DBA640 #E5BE74 #EFD6A8 #F8EEDB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#E5BE74 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.95
#E5BE74 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5BE74
11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5BE74 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5BE74 | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.95 | 11.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFBE6E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C776
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5B2AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5be74; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 190, 116); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.103 82.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efd19d',
500: '#e5be74',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5be74; $custom-light: #efd19d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5be74",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 190,
"b": 116
},
"hsl": {
"h": 39.292,
"s": 68.485,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81989,
"c": 0.10283,
"h": 82.5
},
"luminance": 0.54746
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5BE74
secondary
#426CBB
accent
#56D015
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F