#E5C14B#E5C14B

#E5C14B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C14B
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 67.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, 0.22, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 61.90, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0046 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.14 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6558, 55.3089, 14.5575)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C14B #4B6FE5

analogous

#E5744B #E5C14B #BCE54B

triadic

#E5C14B #4BE5C1 #C14BE5

tetradic

#E5C14B #4BE574 #4B6FE5 #E54BBC

square

#E5C14B #4BE574 #4B6FE5 #E54BBC

split-complementary

#E5C14B #4BBCE5 #744BE5

monochromatic

#9F7F17 #D4AA1F #E5C14B #EDD380 #F4E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#E5C14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C14B

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C14B	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)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d383',
    500: '#e5c14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c14b;
$custom-light: #f1d383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82103,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C14B

secondary

#334DA2

accent

#62F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C14B

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

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