#E5C451#E5C451

#E5C451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.137 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C451
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -0.98, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 60.23, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0074 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.137 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.5408, 56.7348, 15.9138)
Luminance	0.5673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C451 #5172E5

analogous

#E57A51 #E5C451 #BCE551

triadic

#E5C451 #51E5C4 #C451E5

tetradic

#E5C451 #51E57A #5172E5 #E551BC

square

#E5C451 #51E57A #5172E5 #E551BC

split-complementary

#E5C451 #51BCE5 #7A51E5

monochromatic

#A38418 #D8AF20 #E5C451 #EDD686 #F5E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#E5C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C451

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C451	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.137 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d587',
    500: '#e5c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c451;
$custom-light: #f1d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82759,
    "c": 0.13706,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C451

secondary

#354EA6

accent

#3CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C451

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

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