#E5C351#E5C351

#E5C351 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.136 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C351
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -0.47, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 59.95, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.0059 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.136 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3160, 56.2852, 15.8388)
Luminance	0.5628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C351 #5173E5

analogous

#E57951 #E5C351 #BDE551

triadic

#E5C351 #51E5C3 #C351E5

tetradic

#E5C351 #51E579 #5173E5 #E551BD

square

#E5C351 #51E579 #5173E5 #E551BD

split-complementary

#E5C351 #51BDE5 #7951E5

monochromatic

#A38318 #D8AE20 #E5C351 #EDD586 #F5E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5C351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E5C351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C351

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C351	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.136 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d487',
    500: '#e5c351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c351;
$custom-light: #f1d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82558,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C351

secondary

#354FA6

accent

#3DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C351

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

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