#E5C145#E5C145

#E5C145 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.144 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C145
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 69.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -0.09, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 64.30, 90.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.05% -0.0062 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(82.05% 0.144 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4600, 55.2306, 13.5265)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C145 #4569E5

analogous

#E57145 #E5C145 #B9E545

triadic

#E5C145 #45E5C1 #C145E5

tetradic

#E5C145 #45E571 #4569E5 #E545B9

square

#E5C145 #45E571 #4569E5 #E545B9

split-complementary

#E5C145 #45B9E5 #7145E5

monochromatic

#9A7C16 #D0A81D #E5C145 #EDD37B #F4E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E5C145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C145

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C145	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.144 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d380',
    500: '#e5c145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c145;
$custom-light: #f1d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 75.472,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82053,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C145

secondary

#31499E

accent

#60F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C145

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

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