#E5C04F#E5C04F

#E5C04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.136 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C04F
RGB	rgb(229, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, 0.97, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 59.98, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.002 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.136 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5767, 54.9248, 15.2279)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C04F #4F74E5

analogous

#E5754F #E5C04F #BFE54F

triadic

#E5C04F #4FE5C0 #C04FE5

tetradic

#E5C04F #4FE575 #4F74E5 #E54FBF

square

#E5C04F #4FE575 #4F74E5 #E54FBF

split-complementary

#E5C04F #4FBFE5 #754FE5

monochromatic

#A28018 #D7AA20 #E5C04F #EDD384 #F5E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E5C04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#E5C04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C04F

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C04F	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)

#D4BE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.136 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d285',
    500: '#e5c04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c04f;
$custom-light: #f1d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81939,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C04F

secondary

#3450A4

accent

#40D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C04F

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

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