#E5C044#E5C044

#E5C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.144 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C044
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, 0.38, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 64.43, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.005 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.144 92)
XYZ	xyz(52.2089, 54.7777, 13.2909)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C044 #4469E5

analogous

#E56F44 #E5C044 #BAE544

triadic

#E5C044 #44E5C0 #C044E5

tetradic

#E5C044 #44E56F #4469E5 #E544BA

square

#E5C044 #44E56F #4469E5 #E544BA

split-complementary

#E5C044 #44BAE5 #6F44E5

monochromatic

#997B15 #CFA61D #E5C044 #ECD27A #F4E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E5C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#E5C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C044

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C044	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.144 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d27f',
    500: '#e5c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c044;
$custom-light: #f1d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81845,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.54775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C044

secondary

#30499D

accent

#61F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C044

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

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