#E5C249#E5C249

#E5C249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.142 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C249
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -0.40, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 62.98, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0066 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.142 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8102, 55.7256, 14.2765)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C249 #496CE5

analogous

#E57449 #E5C249 #BAE549

triadic

#E5C249 #49E5C2 #C249E5

tetradic

#E5C249 #49E574 #496CE5 #E549BA

square

#E5C249 #49E574 #496CE5 #E549BA

split-complementary

#E5C249 #49BAE5 #7449E5

monochromatic

#9D7F16 #D3AA1E #E5C249 #EDD47F #F4E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E5C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C249

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C249	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)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.142 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d482',
    500: '#e5c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c249;
$custom-light: #f1d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.538,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82286,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C249

secondary

#324BA0

accent

#60F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C249

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

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