#E5C44C#E5C44C

#E5C44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.141 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C44C
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -1.27, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 62.30, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0088 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.141 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3602, 56.6626, 14.9624)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C44C #4C6DE5

analogous

#E5784C #E5C44C #B9E54C

triadic

#E5C44C #4CE5C4 #C44CE5

tetradic

#E5C44C #4CE578 #4C6DE5 #E54CB9

square

#E5C44C #4CE578 #4C6DE5 #E54CB9

split-complementary

#E5C44C #4CB9E5 #784CE5

monochromatic

#9F8217 #D5AE1F #E5C44C #EDD681 #F5E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E5C44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C44C

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C44C	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)

#D8C13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.141 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d584',
    500: '#e5c44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c44c;
$custom-light: #f1d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82714,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C44C

secondary

#334BA2

accent

#5FF137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C44C

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

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