#E5C04A#E5C04A

#E5C04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C04A
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, 0.69, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 62.05, 89.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0034 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.14 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4015, 54.8547, 14.3052)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C04A #4A6FE5

analogous

#E5724A #E5C04A #BDE54A

triadic

#E5C04A #4AE5C0 #C04AE5

tetradic

#E5C04A #4AE572 #4A6FE5 #E54ABD

square

#E5C04A #4AE572 #4A6FE5 #E54ABD

split-complementary

#E5C04A #4ABDE5 #724AE5

monochromatic

#9E7E17 #D3A81E #E5C04A #EDD380 #F4E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E5C04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E5C04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C04A

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C04A	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	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)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d282',
    500: '#e5c04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c04a;
$custom-light: #f1d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.677,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81894,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C04A

secondary

#324DA1

accent

#63F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C04A

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

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