#E5C246#E5C246

#E5C246 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.144 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C246
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 69.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -0.56, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 64.17, 90.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0074 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.144 93)
XYZ	xyz(52.7131, 55.6868, 13.7653)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C246 #4669E5

analogous

#E57246 #E5C246 #B9E546

triadic

#E5C246 #46E5C2 #C246E5

tetradic

#E5C246 #46E572 #4669E5 #E546B9

square

#E5C246 #46E572 #4669E5 #E546B9

split-complementary

#E5C246 #46B9E5 #7246E5

monochromatic

#9B7E16 #D0A91D #E5C246 #EDD47C #F4E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E5C246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C246

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C246	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.144 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d480',
    500: '#e5c246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c246;
$custom-light: #f1d480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.792,
    "s": 75.355,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82262,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.55684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C246

secondary

#31499E

accent

#5FF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C246

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

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