#E5C241#E5C241

#E5C241 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.147 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C241
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 71.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -0.80, 66.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 66.09, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0087 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.147 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5618, 55.6262, 12.9684)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C241 #4164E5

analogous

#E57041 #E5C241 #B6E541

triadic

#E5C241 #41E5C2 #C241E5

tetradic

#E5C241 #41E570 #4164E5 #E541B6

square

#E5C241 #41E570 #4164E5 #E541B6

split-complementary

#E5C241 #41B6E5 #7041E5

monochromatic

#977B15 #CDA71C #E5C241 #ECD377 #F4E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E5C241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C241

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C241	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.147 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d47d',
    500: '#e5c241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c241;
$custom-light: #f1d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.195,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82223,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C241

secondary

#2F469B

accent

#5EF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C241

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

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