#E5C34A#E5C34A

#E5C34A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.142 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5C34A
RGBrgb(229, 195, 74)
HSLhsl(47, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(47, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(79.72, -0.87, 62.84)
CIE-LCHlch(79.72, 62.84, 90.79°)
OKLaboklab(82.5% -0.0078 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(82.5% 0.142 93.2)
XYZxyz(53.0669, 56.1856, 14.5270)
Luminance0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5C34A #4A6CE5
analogous
#E5764A #E5C34A #B9E54A
triadic
#E5C34A #4AE5C3 #C34AE5
tetradic
#E5C34A #4AE576 #4A6CE5 #E54AB9
square
#E5C34A #4AE576 #4A6CE5 #E54AB9
split-complementary
#E5C34A #4AB9E5 #764AE5
monochromatic
#9E8017 #D3AC1E #E5C34A #EDD580 #F4E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#E5C34A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24
#E5C34A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C34A
12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5C34A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5C34A1.001.7212.2412.24
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2421.001.001.00
##00000012.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C03A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CA50
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B4AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5c34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.142 93.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d483',
    500: '#e5c34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5c34a;
$custom-light: #f1d483;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5c34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82496,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5C34A
secondary
#324BA1
accent
#5FF136
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140B
muted
#85837E

Preview Lab

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#E5C34A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva