#E5C151#E5C151

#E5C151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.135 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C151
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, 0.57, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 59.40, 89.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0029 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.135 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8709, 55.3950, 15.6905)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C151 #5175E5

analogous

#E57751 #E5C151 #BFE551

triadic

#E5C151 #51E5C1 #C151E5

tetradic

#E5C151 #51E577 #5175E5 #E551BF

square

#E5C151 #51E577 #5175E5 #E551BF

split-complementary

#E5C151 #51BFE5 #7751E5

monochromatic

#A38118 #D8AC20 #E5C151 #EDD486 #F5E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E5C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C151

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C151	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)

#D5BE44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.135 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d387',
    500: '#e5c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c151;
$custom-light: #f1d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82158,
    "c": 0.13515,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C151

secondary

#3550A6

accent

#40D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C151

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

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