#E5C456#E5C456

#E5C456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.133 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C456
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -0.67, 58.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 58.09, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0059 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.133 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7353, 56.8126, 16.9378)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C456 #5677E5

analogous

#E57D56 #E5C456 #BEE556

triadic

#E5C456 #56E5C4 #C456E5

tetradic

#E5C456 #56E57D #5677E5 #E556BE

square

#E5C456 #56E57D #5677E5 #E556BE

split-complementary

#E5C456 #56BEE5 #7D56E5

monochromatic

#A7861A #DCB122 #E5C456 #EDD78B #F5E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E5C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C456

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C456	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.133 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d58a',
    500: '#e5c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c456;
$custom-light: #f1d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82808,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C456

secondary

#3651A9

accent

#3ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C456

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

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