#E5C041#E5C041

#E5C041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.146 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C041
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, 0.23, 65.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 65.58, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0057 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.146 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1197, 54.7420, 12.8210)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C041 #4166E5

analogous

#E56E41 #E5C041 #B8E541

triadic

#E5C041 #41E5C0 #C041E5

tetradic

#E5C041 #41E56E #4166E5 #E541B8

square

#E5C041 #41E56E #4166E5 #E541B8

split-complementary

#E5C041 #41B8E5 #6E41E5

monochromatic

#977A15 #CDA51C #E5C041 #ECD277 #F4E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E5C041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#E5C041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C041

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C041	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)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d27d',
    500: '#e5c041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c041;
$custom-light: #f1d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.463,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81822,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C041

secondary

#2F489B

accent

#60F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C041

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

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