#E5C356#E5C356

#E5C356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.133 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C356
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -0.16, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 57.80, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.61% -0.0044 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(82.61% 0.133 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5105, 56.3630, 16.8629)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C356 #5678E5

analogous

#E57C56 #E5C356 #C0E556

triadic

#E5C356 #56E5C3 #C356E5

tetradic

#E5C356 #56E57C #5678E5 #E556C0

square

#E5C356 #56E57C #5678E5 #E556C0

split-complementary

#E5C356 #56C0E5 #7C56E5

monochromatic

#A7851A #DCB022 #E5C356 #EDD68B #F5E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5C356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#E5C356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C356

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C356	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.133 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48a',
    500: '#e5c356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c356;
$custom-light: #f1d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82607,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C356

secondary

#3652A9

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C356

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

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