#E5C045#E5C045

#E5C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.143 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C045
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, 0.43, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 64.04, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0047 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.143 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2397, 54.7900, 13.4531)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C045 #456AE5

analogous

#E57045 #E5C045 #BAE545

triadic

#E5C045 #45E5C0 #C045E5

tetradic

#E5C045 #45E570 #456AE5 #E545BA

square

#E5C045 #45E570 #456AE5 #E545BA

split-complementary

#E5C045 #45BAE5 #7045E5

monochromatic

#9A7B16 #D0A61D #E5C045 #EDD27B #F4E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E5C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#E5C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C045

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C045	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)

#D5BD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.143 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d27f',
    500: '#e5c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c045;
$custom-light: #f1d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.125,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81853,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C045

secondary

#314A9E

accent

#61F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C045

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

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