#E5C255#E5C255

#E5C255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.133 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C255
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, 0.30, 57.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 57.96, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0032 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.133 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.2471, 55.9004, 16.5778)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C255 #5578E5

analogous

#E57A55 #E5C255 #C0E555

triadic

#E5C255 #55E5C2 #C255E5

tetradic

#E5C255 #55E57A #5578E5 #E555C0

square

#E5C255 #55E57A #5578E5 #E555C0

split-complementary

#E5C255 #55C0E5 #7A55E5

monochromatic

#A68419 #DBAE22 #E5C255 #EDD58A #F5E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E5C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C255

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C255	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.133 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d489',
    500: '#e5c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c255;
$custom-light: #f1d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82397,
    "c": 0.13267,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C255

secondary

#3652A8

accent

#40D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C255

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

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