#E5C059#E5C059

#E5C059 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.128 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C059
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, 1.60, 55.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 55.66, 88.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% 0.0011 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.128 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.9684, 55.0815, 17.2911)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C059 #597EE5

analogous

#E57A59 #E5C059 #C4E559

triadic

#E5C059 #59E5C0 #C059E5

tetradic

#E5C059 #59E57A #597EE5 #E559C4

square

#E5C059 #59E57A #597EE5 #E559C4

split-complementary

#E5C059 #59C4E5 #7A59E5

monochromatic

#A9831A #DDAC24 #E5C059 #EDD48E #F6E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E5C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#E5C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C059

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C059	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.128 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d28b',
    500: '#e5c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c059;
$custom-light: #f0d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82039,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C059

secondary

#3756AB

accent

#44D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C059

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

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