#E5C24C#E5C24C

#E5C24C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.139 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C24C
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -0.24, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 61.76, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0058 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.139 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.9121, 55.7663, 14.8131)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C24C #4C6FE5

analogous

#E5764C #E5C24C #BBE54C

triadic

#E5C24C #4CE5C2 #C24CE5

tetradic

#E5C24C #4CE576 #4C6FE5 #E54CBB

square

#E5C24C #4CE576 #4C6FE5 #E54CBB

split-complementary

#E5C24C #4CBBE5 #764CE5

monochromatic

#9F8017 #D5AB1F #E5C24C #EDD481 #F5E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E5C24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C24C

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C24C	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)

#D6BF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.139 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d484',
    500: '#e5c24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c24c;
$custom-light: #f1d484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.275,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82312,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C24C

secondary

#334CA2

accent

#61F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C24C

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

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