#E5C24E#E5C24E

#E5C24E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.138 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C24E
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -0.13, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 60.93, 90.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0052 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.138 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9827, 55.7946, 15.1850)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C24E #4E71E5

analogous

#E5774E #E5C24E #BCE54E

triadic

#E5C24E #4EE5C2 #C24EE5

tetradic

#E5C24E #4EE577 #4E71E5 #E54EBC

square

#E5C24E #4EE577 #4E71E5 #E54EBC

split-complementary

#E5C24E #4EBCE5 #774EE5

monochromatic

#A18118 #D6AC1F #E5C24E #EDD483 #F5E7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#E5C24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C24E

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C24E	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.138 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d485',
    500: '#e5c24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c24e;
$custom-light: #f1d485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8233,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C24E

secondary

#344EA4

accent

#3DD70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C24E

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

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