#E5C159#E5C159

#E5C159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.129 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C159
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, 1.08, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 55.93, 88.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0004 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.129 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1888, 55.5221, 17.3645)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C159 #597DE5

analogous

#E57B59 #E5C159 #C3E559

triadic

#E5C159 #59E5C1 #C159E5

tetradic

#E5C159 #59E57B #597DE5 #E559C3

square

#E5C159 #59E57B #597DE5 #E559C3

split-complementary

#E5C159 #59C3E5 #7B59E5

monochromatic

#A9841A #DDAD24 #E5C159 #EDD58E #F6E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#E5C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C159

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C159	1.00	1.73	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.129 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d38b',
    500: '#e5c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c159;
$custom-light: #f0d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82239,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C159

secondary

#3755AB

accent

#43D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C159

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

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