#E5C047#E5C047

#E5C047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.142 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C047
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 69%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, 0.53, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 63.26, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.0042 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.142 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3028, 54.8153, 13.7855)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C047 #476CE5

analogous

#E57147 #E5C047 #BBE547

triadic

#E5C047 #47E5C0 #C047E5

tetradic

#E5C047 #47E571 #476CE5 #E547BB

square

#E5C047 #47E571 #476CE5 #E547BB

split-complementary

#E5C047 #47BBE5 #7147E5

monochromatic

#9C7C16 #D1A71E #E5C047 #EDD27D #F4E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E5C047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#E5C047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C047

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C047	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)

#D4BD37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.142 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d281',
    500: '#e5c047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c047;
$custom-light: #f1d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.949,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81869,
    "c": 0.14173,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C047

secondary

#314B9F

accent

#62F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C047

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

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