#E5C153#E5C153

#E5C153 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.134 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C153
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, 0.69, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 58.55, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0023 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.134 91)
XYZ	xyz(52.9470, 55.4254, 16.0913)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C153 #5377E5

analogous

#E57853 #E5C153 #C0E553

triadic

#E5C153 #53E5C1 #C153E5

tetradic

#E5C153 #53E578 #5377E5 #E553C0

square

#E5C153 #53E578 #5377E5 #E553C0

split-complementary

#E5C153 #53C0E5 #7853E5

monochromatic

#A58219 #DAAC21 #E5C153 #EDD488 #F5E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#E5C153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C153

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C153	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)

#D5BE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.134 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d388',
    500: '#e5c153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c153;
$custom-light: #f1d388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82177,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.55422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C153

secondary

#3551A7

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C153

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

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