#E5C44E#E5C44E

#E5C44E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.139 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C44E
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -1.16, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 61.48, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0082 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.139 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.4308, 56.6908, 15.3343)
Luminance	0.5669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C44E #4E6FE5

analogous

#E5784E #E5C44E #BBE54E

triadic

#E5C44E #4EE5C4 #C44EE5

tetradic

#E5C44E #4EE578 #4E6FE5 #E54EBB

square

#E5C44E #4EE578 #4E6FE5 #E54EBB

split-complementary

#E5C44E #4EBBE5 #784EE5

monochromatic

#A18318 #D6AE1F #E5C44E #EDD683 #F5E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E5C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C44E

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C44E	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.139 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d585',
    500: '#e5c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c44e;
$custom-light: #f1d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82732,
    "c": 0.13929,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C44E

secondary

#344CA4

accent

#3BD70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C44E

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

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