#E5C259#E5C259

#E5C259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.129 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C259
RGB	rgb(229, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, 0.56, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 56.21, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0019 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.129 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4106, 55.9657, 17.4385)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C259 #597CE5

analogous

#E57C59 #E5C259 #C2E559

triadic

#E5C259 #59E5C2 #C259E5

tetradic

#E5C259 #59E57C #597CE5 #E559C2

square

#E5C259 #59E57C #597CE5 #E559C2

split-complementary

#E5C259 #59C2E5 #7C59E5

monochromatic

#A9851A #DDAF24 #E5C259 #EDD58E #F6E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#E5C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C259

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C259	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)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.129 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48c',
    500: '#e5c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c259;
$custom-light: #f0d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82438,
    "c": 0.12945,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C259

secondary

#3754AB

accent

#42D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C259

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

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