#E5C450#E5C450

#E5C450 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.138 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C450
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.02, -1.04, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.02, 60.65, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0077 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.138 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.5036, 56.7199, 15.7177)
Luminance	0.5672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C450 #5071E5

analogous

#E57950 #E5C450 #BCE550

triadic

#E5C450 #50E5C4 #C450E5

tetradic

#E5C450 #50E579 #5071E5 #E550BC

square

#E5C450 #50E579 #5071E5 #E550BC

split-complementary

#E5C450 #50BCE5 #7950E5

monochromatic

#A28418 #D8AF20 #E5C450 #EDD685 #F5E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#E5C450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C450

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C450	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)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.138 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d586',
    500: '#e5c450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c450;
$custom-light: #f1d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.711,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8275,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C450

secondary

#344DA5

accent

#3BD60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C450

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

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