#E5C458#E5C458

#E5C458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.132 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C458
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.09, -0.54, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.09, 57.21, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0053 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.132 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8170, 56.8453, 17.3682)
Luminance	0.5684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C458 #5879E5

analogous

#E57D58 #E5C458 #C0E558

triadic

#E5C458 #58E5C4 #C458E5

tetradic

#E5C458 #58E57D #5879E5 #E558C0

square

#E5C458 #58E57D #5879E5 #E558C0

split-complementary

#E5C458 #58C0E5 #7D58E5

monochromatic

#A8871A #DDB123 #E5C458 #EDD78D #F5E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#E5C458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C458

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C458	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.132 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58b',
    500: '#e5c458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c458;
$custom-light: #f0d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82828,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C458

secondary

#3752AA

accent

#3ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C458

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

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