#E5C256#E5C256

#E5C256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.132 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C256
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, 0.36, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 57.52, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0029 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.132 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2871, 55.9164, 16.7885)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C256 #5679E5

analogous

#E57B56 #E5C256 #C0E556

triadic

#E5C256 #56E5C2 #C256E5

tetradic

#E5C256 #56E57B #5679E5 #E556C0

square

#E5C256 #56E57B #5679E5 #E556C0

split-complementary

#E5C256 #56C0E5 #7B56E5

monochromatic

#A7841A #DCAE22 #E5C256 #EDD58B #F5E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E5C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C256

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C256	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.132 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48a',
    500: '#e5c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c256;
$custom-light: #f1d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82407,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C256

secondary

#3652A9

accent

#40D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C256

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

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