#E5C154#E5C154

#E5C154 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.133 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C154
RGB	rgb(229, 193, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, 0.75, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 58.12, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.002 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.133 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9859, 55.4410, 16.2961)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C154 #5478E5

analogous

#E57954 #E5C154 #C1E554

triadic

#E5C154 #54E5C1 #C154E5

tetradic

#E5C154 #54E579 #5478E5 #E554C1

square

#E5C154 #54E579 #5478E5 #E554C1

split-complementary

#E5C154 #54C1E5 #7954E5

monochromatic

#A58319 #DBAD21 #E5C154 #EDD489 #F5E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E5C154 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E5C154 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C154

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C154	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C154	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c154;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 193, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.133 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d388',
    500: '#e5c154',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c154;
$custom-light: #f1d388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c154",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82187,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C154

secondary

#3652A8

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C154

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

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