#E5C349#E5C349

#E5C349 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.142 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C349
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -0.92, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 63.24, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.0081 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.142 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0335, 56.1722, 14.3510)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C349 #496BE5

analogous

#E57549 #E5C349 #B9E549

triadic

#E5C349 #49E5C3 #C349E5

tetradic

#E5C349 #49E575 #496BE5 #E549B9

square

#E5C349 #49E575 #496BE5 #E549B9

split-complementary

#E5C349 #49B9E5 #7549E5

monochromatic

#9D8016 #D3AB1E #E5C349 #EDD57F #F4E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E5C349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#E5C349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C349

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C349	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)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.142 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d482',
    500: '#e5c349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c349;
$custom-light: #f1d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82487,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C349

secondary

#324AA0

accent

#5FF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C349

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

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