#E5C148#E5C148

#E5C148 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.142 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C148
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, 0.06, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 63.11, 89.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0054 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.142 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5555, 55.2688, 14.0294)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C148 #486CE5

analogous

#E57348 #E5C148 #BBE548

triadic

#E5C148 #48E5C1 #C148E5

tetradic

#E5C148 #48E573 #486CE5 #E548BB

square

#E5C148 #48E573 #486CE5 #E548BB

split-complementary

#E5C148 #48BBE5 #7348E5

monochromatic

#9C7E16 #D2A91E #E5C148 #EDD37E #F4E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E5C148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C148

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C148	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)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.142 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d381',
    500: '#e5c148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c148;
$custom-light: #f1d381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82077,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C148

secondary

#324BA0

accent

#61F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C148

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

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