#E5C355#E5C355

#E5C355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.133 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C355
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -0.22, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 58.24, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0047 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.133 92)
XYZ	xyz(53.4704, 56.3470, 16.6522)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C355 #5577E5

analogous

#E57B55 #E5C355 #BFE555

triadic

#E5C355 #55E5C3 #C355E5

tetradic

#E5C355 #55E57B #5577E5 #E555BF

square

#E5C355 #55E57B #5577E5 #E555BF

split-complementary

#E5C355 #55BFE5 #7B55E5

monochromatic

#A68519 #DBAF22 #E5C355 #EDD68A #F5E8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5C355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E5C355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C355

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C355	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.133 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d489',
    500: '#e5c355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c355;
$custom-light: #f1d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82597,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C355

secondary

#3651A8

accent

#3FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C355

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

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