#E5C45A#E5C45A

#E5C45A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.130 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C45A
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -0.41, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 56.33, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0046 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.13 92)
XYZ	xyz(53.9010, 56.8789, 17.8105)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C45A #5A7BE5

analogous

#E57E5A #E5C45A #C1E55A

triadic

#E5C45A #5AE5C4 #C45AE5

tetradic

#E5C45A #5AE57E #5A7BE5 #E55AC1

square

#E5C45A #5AE57E #5A7BE5 #E55AC1

split-complementary

#E5C45A #5AC1E5 #7E5AE5

monochromatic

#AA881B #DDB125 #E5C45A #EDD78F #F6EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E5C45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C45A

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C45A	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.130 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58c',
    500: '#e5c45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c45a;
$custom-light: #f0d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82849,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C45A

secondary

#3853AB

accent

#3FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C45A

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

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