#E5C248#E5C248

#E5C248 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.142 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C248
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -0.46, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 63.38, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0069 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.142 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7773, 55.7124, 14.1033)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C248 #486BE5

analogous

#E57448 #E5C248 #BAE548

triadic

#E5C248 #48E5C2 #C248E5

tetradic

#E5C248 #48E574 #486BE5 #E548BA

square

#E5C248 #48E574 #486BE5 #E548BA

split-complementary

#E5C248 #48BAE5 #7448E5

monochromatic

#9C7E16 #D2AA1E #E5C248 #EDD47E #F4E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E5C248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C248

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C248	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)

#D6BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.142 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d481',
    500: '#e5c248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c248;
$custom-light: #f1d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82278,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C248

secondary

#324AA0

accent

#60F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C248

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

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