#E5C35B#E5C35B

#E5C35B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.128 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C35B
RGB	rgb(229, 195, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, 0.18, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 55.60, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0028 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.128 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.7190, 56.4464, 17.9612)
Luminance	0.5644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C35B #5B7DE5

analogous

#E57E5B #E5C35B #C2E55B

triadic

#E5C35B #5BE5C3 #C35BE5

tetradic

#E5C35B #5BE57E #5B7DE5 #E55BC2

square

#E5C35B #5BE57E #5B7DE5 #E55BC2

split-complementary

#E5C35B #5BC2E5 #7E5BE5

monochromatic

#AB871B #DDB026 #E5C35B #EDD690 #F6EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E5C35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E5C35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C35B

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C35B	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)

#D6C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 195, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.128 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d48d',
    500: '#e5c35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c35b;
$custom-light: #f0d48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8266,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C35B

secondary

#3855AC

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C35B

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

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