#E5C253#E5C253

#E5C253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.134 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C253
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, 0.17, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 58.82, 89.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0038 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.134 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.1688, 55.8690, 16.1652)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C253 #5376E5

analogous

#E57953 #E5C253 #BFE553

triadic

#E5C253 #53E5C2 #C253E5

tetradic

#E5C253 #53E579 #5376E5 #E553BF

square

#E5C253 #53E579 #5376E5 #E553BF

split-complementary

#E5C253 #53BFE5 #7953E5

monochromatic

#A58319 #DAAE21 #E5C253 #EDD588 #F5E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E5C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E5C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C253

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C253	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.134 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d488',
    500: '#e5c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c253;
$custom-light: #f1d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82377,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C253

secondary

#3551A7

accent

#3FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C253

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

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