#E5C257#E5C257

#E5C257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.131 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C257
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, 0.43, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 57.09, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0026 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.131 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3277, 55.9326, 17.0022)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C257 #577AE5

analogous

#E57B57 #E5C257 #C1E557

triadic

#E5C257 #57E5C2 #C257E5

tetradic

#E5C257 #57E57B #577AE5 #E557C1

square

#E5C257 #57E57B #577AE5 #E557C1

split-complementary

#E5C257 #57C1E5 #7B57E5

monochromatic

#A8851A #DDAF22 #E5C257 #EDD58C #F5E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E5C257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C257

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C257	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.131 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48a',
    500: '#e5c257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c257;
$custom-light: #f1d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82417,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C257

secondary

#3753AA

accent

#41D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C257

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

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