#E5C048#E5C048

#E5C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C048
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, 0.58, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 62.86, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0039 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.141 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3352, 54.8282, 13.9560)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C048 #486DE5

analogous

#E57248 #E5C048 #BCE548

triadic

#E5C048 #48E5C0 #C048E5

tetradic

#E5C048 #48E572 #486DE5 #E548BC

square

#E5C048 #48E572 #486DE5 #E548BC

split-complementary

#E5C048 #48BCE5 #7248E5

monochromatic

#9C7D16 #D2A81E #E5C048 #EDD27E #F4E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E5C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E5C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C048

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C048	1.00	1.76	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d281',
    500: '#e5c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c048;
$custom-light: #f1d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.86,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81877,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C048

secondary

#324CA0

accent

#62F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C048

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

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