#E5C348#E5C348

#E5C348 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.143 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C348
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -0.97, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 63.64, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.0084 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.143 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0006, 56.1590, 14.1778)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C348 #486AE5

analogous

#E57548 #E5C348 #B9E548

triadic

#E5C348 #48E5C3 #C348E5

tetradic

#E5C348 #48E575 #486AE5 #E548B9

square

#E5C348 #48E575 #486AE5 #E548B9

split-complementary

#E5C348 #48B9E5 #7548E5

monochromatic

#9C7F16 #D2AB1E #E5C348 #EDD57E #F4E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E5C348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C348

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C348	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.143 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d481',
    500: '#e5c348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c348;
$custom-light: #f1d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.006,
    "s": 75.12,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82479,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C348

secondary

#3249A0

accent

#5FF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C348

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

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