#E5C359#E5C359

#E5C359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.130 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C359
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, 0.04, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 56.49, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0035 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.13 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6339, 56.4123, 17.5129)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C359 #597BE5

analogous

#E57D59 #E5C359 #C1E559

triadic

#E5C359 #59E5C3 #C359E5

tetradic

#E5C359 #59E57D #597BE5 #E559C1

square

#E5C359 #59E57D #597BE5 #E559C1

split-complementary

#E5C359 #59C1E5 #7D59E5

monochromatic

#A9861A #DDB024 #E5C359 #EDD68E #F6E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#E5C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C359

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C359	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)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.130 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48c',
    500: '#e5c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c359;
$custom-light: #f0d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82638,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C359

secondary

#3753AB

accent

#40D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C359

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

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