#E5C141#E5C141

#E5C141 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.146 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C141
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -0.29, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 65.83, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0072 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.146 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.3400, 55.1826, 12.8945)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C141 #4165E5

analogous

#E56F41 #E5C141 #B7E541

triadic

#E5C141 #41E5C1 #C141E5

tetradic

#E5C141 #41E56F #4165E5 #E541B7

square

#E5C141 #41E56F #4165E5 #E541B7

split-complementary

#E5C141 #41B7E5 #6F41E5

monochromatic

#977A15 #CDA61C #E5C141 #ECD377 #F4E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#E5C141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C141

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C141	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.146 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d37d',
    500: '#e5c141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c141;
$custom-light: #f1d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82022,
    "c": 0.14624,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C141

secondary

#2F479B

accent

#5FF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C141

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

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