#E5C35A#E5C35A

#E5C35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.129 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C35A
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, 0.11, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 56.05, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% -0.0031 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.129 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6761, 56.4293, 17.7356)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C35A #5A7CE5

analogous

#E57E5A #E5C35A #C1E55A

triadic

#E5C35A #5AE5C3 #C35AE5

tetradic

#E5C35A #5AE57E #5A7CE5 #E55AC1

square

#E5C35A #5AE57E #5A7CE5 #E55AC1

split-complementary

#E5C35A #5AC1E5 #7E5AE5

monochromatic

#AA871B #DDB025 #E5C35A #EDD68F #F6E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5C35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E5C35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C35A

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C35A	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.129 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48c',
    500: '#e5c35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c35a;
$custom-light: #f0d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82649,
    "c": 0.12926,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C35A

secondary

#3854AB

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C35A

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

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