#E5C14A#E5C14A

#E5C14A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C14A
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, 0.17, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 62.31, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0049 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.14 92)
XYZ	xyz(52.6218, 55.2953, 14.3786)
Luminance	0.5529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C14A #4A6EE5

analogous

#E5744A #E5C14A #BBE54A

triadic

#E5C14A #4AE5C1 #C14AE5

tetradic

#E5C14A #4AE574 #4A6EE5 #E54ABB

square

#E5C14A #4AE574 #4A6EE5 #E54ABB

split-complementary

#E5C14A #4ABBE5 #744AE5

monochromatic

#9E7F17 #D3A91E #E5C14A #EDD380 #F4E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E5C14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C14A

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C14A	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)

#D5BE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d382',
    500: '#e5c14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c14a;
$custom-light: #f1d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.065,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82094,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.55292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C14A

secondary

#324CA1

accent

#62F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C14A

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

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