#E5C357#E5C357

#E5C357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.132 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C357
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -0.09, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 57.37, 90.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.0041 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.132 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5510, 56.3792, 17.0766)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C357 #5779E5

analogous

#E57C57 #E5C357 #C0E557

triadic

#E5C357 #57E5C3 #C357E5

tetradic

#E5C357 #57E57C #5779E5 #E557C0

square

#E5C357 #57E57C #5779E5 #E557C0

split-complementary

#E5C357 #57C0E5 #7C57E5

monochromatic

#A8861A #DDB022 #E5C357 #EDD68C #F5E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#E5C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C357

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C357	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.132 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48a',
    500: '#e5c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c357;
$custom-light: #f1d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82618,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C357

secondary

#3752AA

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C357

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

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