#E5BC41#E5BC41

#E5BC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.143 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BC41
RGB	rgb(229, 188, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, 2.31, 64.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 64.62, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% 0.0003 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.143 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2533, 53.0093, 12.5323)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BC41 #416AE5

analogous

#E56A41 #E5BC41 #BCE541

triadic

#E5BC41 #41E5BC #BC41E5

tetradic

#E5BC41 #41E56A #416AE5 #E541BC

square

#E5BC41 #41E56A #416AE5 #E541BC

split-complementary

#E5BC41 #41BCE5 #6A41E5

monochromatic

#977615 #CDA11C #E5BC41 #ECCF77 #F4E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E5BC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#E5BC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BC41

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BC41	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bc41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 188, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.143 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf7d',
    500: '#e5bc41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bc41;
$custom-light: #f1cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bc41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81024,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BC41

secondary

#2F4A9B

accent

#65F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BC41

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

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