#E5C45E#E5C45E

#E5C45E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.127 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C45E
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -0.13, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 54.54, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.0034 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.127 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.0758, 56.9488, 18.7314)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C45E #5E7FE5

analogous

#E5805E #E5C45E #C3E55E

triadic

#E5C45E #5EE5C4 #C45EE5

tetradic

#E5C45E #5EE580 #5E7FE5 #E55EC3

square

#E5C45E #5EE580 #5E7FE5 #E55EC3

split-complementary

#E5C45E #5EC3E5 #805EE5

monochromatic

#AD891C #DCB129 #E5C45E #EED793 #F6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E5C45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E5C45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C45E

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C45E	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.127 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58f',
    500: '#e5c45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c45e;
$custom-light: #f0d58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82893,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C45E

secondary

#3956AE

accent

#41D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C45E

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

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