#E5C24B#E5C24B

#E5C24B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C24B
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -0.29, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 62.17, 90.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0061 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.14 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8776, 55.7525, 14.6314)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C24B #4B6EE5

analogous

#E5754B #E5C24B #BBE54B

triadic

#E5C24B #4BE5C2 #C24BE5

tetradic

#E5C24B #4BE575 #4B6EE5 #E54BBB

square

#E5C24B #4BE575 #4B6EE5 #E54BBB

split-complementary

#E5C24B #4BBBE5 #754BE5

monochromatic

#9F8017 #D4AB1F #E5C24B #EDD480 #F4E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E5C24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C24B

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C24B	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)

#D6BF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d483',
    500: '#e5c24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c24b;
$custom-light: #f1d483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82303,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C24B

secondary

#334CA2

accent

#61F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C24B

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

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