#E5BD45#E5BD45

#E5BD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.141 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5BD45
RGB	rgb(229, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, 1.99, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 63.30, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0002 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.141 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.5877, 53.4860, 13.2357)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5BD45 #456DE5

analogous

#E56D45 #E5BD45 #BDE545

triadic

#E5BD45 #45E5BD #BD45E5

tetradic

#E5BD45 #45E56D #456DE5 #E545BD

square

#E5BD45 #45E56D #456DE5 #E545BD

split-complementary

#E5BD45 #45BDE5 #6D45E5

monochromatic

#9A7916 #D0A31D #E5BD45 #EDD07B #F4E3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E5BD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E5BD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5BD45

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5BD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5BD45	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5bd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.141 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d07f',
    500: '#e5bd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5bd45;
$custom-light: #f1d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5bd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81254,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5BD45

secondary

#314C9E

accent

#65F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5BD45

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

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