#E5C146#E5C146

#E5C146 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C146
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -0.04, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 63.91, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0059 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.143 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4913, 55.2431, 13.6913)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C146 #466AE5

analogous

#E57146 #E5C146 #B9E546

triadic

#E5C146 #46E5C1 #C146E5

tetradic

#E5C146 #46E571 #466AE5 #E546B9

square

#E5C146 #46E571 #466AE5 #E546B9

split-complementary

#E5C146 #46B9E5 #7146E5

monochromatic

#9B7D16 #D0A81D #E5C146 #EDD37C #F4E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E5C146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C146

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C146	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)

#D5BE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d380',
    500: '#e5c146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c146;
$custom-light: #f1d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82061,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C146

secondary

#314A9E

accent

#60F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C146

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

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