#E5C44A#E5C44A

#E5C44A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.142 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C44A
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -1.38, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 63.12, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0093 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.142 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2917, 56.6352, 14.6019)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C44A #4A6BE5

analogous

#E5774A #E5C44A #B8E54A

triadic

#E5C44A #4AE5C4 #C44AE5

tetradic

#E5C44A #4AE577 #4A6BE5 #E54AB8

square

#E5C44A #4AE577 #4A6BE5 #E54AB8

split-complementary

#E5C44A #4AB8E5 #774AE5

monochromatic

#9E8117 #D3AD1E #E5C44A #EDD580 #F4E7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E5C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C44A

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C44A	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.142 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d583',
    500: '#e5c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c44a;
$custom-light: #f1d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82697,
    "c": 0.14216,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C44A

secondary

#324AA1

accent

#5EF136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C44A

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

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