#E5C45B#E5C45B

#E5C45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.129 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C45B
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -0.34, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 55.89, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0043 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.129 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9438, 56.8960, 18.0362)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C45B #5B7CE5

analogous

#E57F5B #E5C45B #C1E55B

triadic

#E5C45B #5BE5C4 #C45BE5

tetradic

#E5C45B #5BE57F #5B7CE5 #E55BC1

square

#E5C45B #5BE57F #5B7CE5 #E55BC1

split-complementary

#E5C45B #5BC1E5 #7F5BE5

monochromatic

#AB881B #DDB126 #E5C45B #EDD790 #F6EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#E5C45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C45B

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C45B	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)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.129 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58d',
    500: '#e5c45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c45b;
$custom-light: #f0d58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8286,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C45B

secondary

#3854AC

accent

#40D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C45B

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

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