#E5C04E#E5C04E

#E5C04E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.137 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C04E
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, 0.91, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 60.40, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0023 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.137 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5406, 54.9103, 15.0376)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C04E #4E73E5

analogous

#E5744E #E5C04E #BEE54E

triadic

#E5C04E #4EE5C0 #C04EE5

tetradic

#E5C04E #4EE574 #4E73E5 #E54EBE

square

#E5C04E #4EE574 #4E73E5 #E54EBE

split-complementary

#E5C04E #4EBEE5 #744EE5

monochromatic

#A17F18 #D6AA1F #E5C04E #EDD383 #F5E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E5C04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#E5C04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C04E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C04E	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.137 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d285',
    500: '#e5c04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c04e;
$custom-light: #f1d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8193,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C04E

secondary

#344FA4

accent

#40D70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C04E

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

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