#E5C459#E5C459

#E5C459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.131 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C459
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -0.48, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 56.77, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.005 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.131 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8587, 56.8620, 17.5878)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C459 #597AE5

analogous

#E57E59 #E5C459 #C0E559

triadic

#E5C459 #59E5C4 #C459E5

tetradic

#E5C459 #59E57E #597AE5 #E559C0

square

#E5C459 #59E57E #597AE5 #E559C0

split-complementary

#E5C459 #59C0E5 #7E59E5

monochromatic

#A9871A #DDB124 #E5C459 #EDD78E #F6EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#E5C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C459

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C459	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)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.131 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58c',
    500: '#e5c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c459;
$custom-light: #f0d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82839,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C459

secondary

#3753AB

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C459

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

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