#E5C046#E5C046

#E5C046 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C046
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, 0.48, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 63.65, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0044 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.142 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2710, 54.8025, 13.6179)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C046 #466BE5

analogous

#E57046 #E5C046 #BAE546

triadic

#E5C046 #46E5C0 #C046E5

tetradic

#E5C046 #46E570 #466BE5 #E546BA

square

#E5C046 #46E570 #466BE5 #E546BA

split-complementary

#E5C046 #46BAE5 #7046E5

monochromatic

#9B7C16 #D0A71D #E5C046 #EDD27C #F4E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E5C046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#E5C046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C046

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C046	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)

#D4BD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d280',
    500: '#e5c046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c046;
$custom-light: #f1d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.038,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81861,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C046

secondary

#314A9E

accent

#62F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C046

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →