#E5C04B#E5C04B

#E5C04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.139 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C04B
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 67.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, 0.74, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 61.64, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0031 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.139 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.4355, 54.8683, 14.4840)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C04B #4B70E5

analogous

#E5734B #E5C04B #BDE54B

triadic

#E5C04B #4BE5C0 #C04BE5

tetradic

#E5C04B #4BE573 #4B70E5 #E54BBD

square

#E5C04B #4BE573 #4B70E5 #E54BBD

split-complementary

#E5C04B #4BBDE5 #734BE5

monochromatic

#9F7E17 #D4A91F #E5C04B #EDD380 #F4E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E5C04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#E5C04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C04B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C04B	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)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.139 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d283',
    500: '#e5c04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c04b;
$custom-light: #f1d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81903,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C04B

secondary

#334DA2

accent

#63F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C04B

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

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