#E5C149#E5C149

#E5C149 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.141 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C149
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, 0.12, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 62.71, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0051 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.141 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5884, 55.2820, 14.2026)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C149 #496DE5

analogous

#E57349 #E5C149 #BBE549

triadic

#E5C149 #49E5C1 #C149E5

tetradic

#E5C149 #49E573 #496DE5 #E549BB

square

#E5C149 #49E573 #496DE5 #E549BB

split-complementary

#E5C149 #49BBE5 #7349E5

monochromatic

#9D7E16 #D3A91E #E5C149 #EDD37F #F4E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E5C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C149

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C149	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.141 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d382',
    500: '#e5c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c149;
$custom-light: #f1d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82086,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C149

secondary

#324BA0

accent

#61F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C149

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

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