#E5C152#E5C152

#E5C152 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.134 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C152
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, 0.63, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 58.98, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0026 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.134 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9087, 55.4101, 15.8894)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C152 #5276E5

analogous

#E57752 #E5C152 #BFE552

triadic

#E5C152 #52E5C1 #C152E5

tetradic

#E5C152 #52E577 #5276E5 #E552BF

square

#E5C152 #52E577 #5276E5 #E552BF

split-complementary

#E5C152 #52BFE5 #7752E5

monochromatic

#A48219 #D9AC21 #E5C152 #EDD487 #F5E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E5C152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C152

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C152	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)

#D5BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.134 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d387',
    500: '#e5c152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c152;
$custom-light: #f1d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82167,
    "c": 0.13439,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C152

secondary

#3551A6

accent

#40D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C152

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

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