#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
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -0.87, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 62.84, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0078 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.142 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0669, 56.1856, 14.5270)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E5C34A	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E5C34A

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

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