#E5C344#E5C344

#E5C344 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.146 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C344
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -1.18, 65.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 65.21, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.0094 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.146 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8743, 56.1085, 13.5128)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C344 #4466E5

analogous

#E57244 #E5C344 #B7E544

triadic

#E5C344 #44E5C3 #C344E5

tetradic

#E5C344 #44E572 #4466E5 #E544B7

square

#E5C344 #44E572 #4466E5 #E544B7

split-complementary

#E5C344 #44B7E5 #7244E5

monochromatic

#997D15 #CFA91D #E5C344 #ECD47A #F4E5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E5C344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C344

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C344	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.146 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d47f',
    500: '#e5c344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c344;
$custom-light: #f1d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.329,
    "s": 75.587,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82447,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C344

secondary

#30479D

accent

#5DF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C344

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

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