#E5C24A#E5C24A

#E5C24A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C24A
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -0.35, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 62.57, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0064 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.141 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8436, 55.7390, 14.4526)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C24A #4A6DE5

analogous

#E5754A #E5C24A #BAE54A

triadic

#E5C24A #4AE5C2 #C24AE5

tetradic

#E5C24A #4AE575 #4A6DE5 #E54ABA

square

#E5C24A #4AE575 #4A6DE5 #E54ABA

split-complementary

#E5C24A #4ABAE5 #754AE5

monochromatic

#9E7F17 #D3AB1E #E5C24A #EDD480 #F4E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E5C24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C24A

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C24A	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d482',
    500: '#e5c24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c24a;
$custom-light: #f1d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82295,
    "c": 0.14088,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C24A

secondary

#324BA1

accent

#61F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C24A

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

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