#E5C258#E5C258

#E5C258 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.130 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C258
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, 0.49, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 56.65, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0023 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.13 91)
XYZ	xyz(53.3689, 55.9491, 17.2188)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C258 #587BE5

analogous

#E57B58 #E5C258 #C2E558

triadic

#E5C258 #58E5C2 #C258E5

tetradic

#E5C258 #58E57B #587BE5 #E558C2

square

#E5C258 #58E57B #587BE5 #E558C2

split-complementary

#E5C258 #58C2E5 #7B58E5

monochromatic

#A8851A #DDAF23 #E5C258 #EDD58D #F5E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E5C258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C258

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C258	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)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.130 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48b',
    500: '#e5c258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c258;
$custom-light: #f0d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82428,
    "c": 0.13027,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.55946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C258

secondary

#3754AA

accent

#41D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C258

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

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