#E5C150#E5C150

#E5C150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.136 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C150
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, 0.51, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 59.83, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0032 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.136 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8337, 55.3801, 15.4944)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C150 #5074E5

analogous

#E57650 #E5C150 #BFE550

triadic

#E5C150 #50E5C1 #C150E5

tetradic

#E5C150 #50E576 #5074E5 #E550BF

square

#E5C150 #50E576 #5074E5 #E550BF

split-complementary

#E5C150 #50BFE5 #7650E5

monochromatic

#A28118 #D8AB20 #E5C150 #EDD485 #F5E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E5C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C150

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C150	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.136 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d386',
    500: '#e5c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c150;
$custom-light: #f1d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82148,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C150

secondary

#344FA5

accent

#3FD60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C150

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

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