#E5C050#E5C050
#E5C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.135 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C050 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 192, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 65%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 65.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.01, 1.03, 59.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.01, 59.56, 89.01°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.95% -0.0017 0.1353) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.95% 0.135 90.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.6134, 54.9395, 15.4210) |
| Luminance | 0.5494 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.85
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.06
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.02
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.05
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.40
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C050 #5075E5
analogous
#E57650 #E5C050 #BFE550
triadic
#E5C050 #50E5C0 #C050E5
tetradic
#E5C050 #50E576 #5075E5 #E550BF
square
#E5C050 #50E576 #5075E5 #E550BF
split-complementary
#E5C050 #50BFE5 #7650E5
monochromatic
#A28018 #D8AA20 #E5C050 #EDD385 #F5E6BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#E5C050 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#E5C050 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C050
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C050 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C050 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 11.99 | 11.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4BE43
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC855
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B1A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c050; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 192, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.135 90.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d286',
500: '#e5c050',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c050; $custom-light: #f1d286; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c050",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 192,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.101,
"s": 74.129,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81948,
"c": 0.1353,
"h": 90.7
},
"luminance": 0.54936
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C050
secondary
#3450A5
accent
#41D60F
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E