#E5C45F#E5C45F

#E5C45F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.126 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C45F
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -0.06, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 54.09, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.003 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.126 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.1210, 56.9669, 18.9693)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C45F #5F80E5

analogous

#E5815F #E5C45F #C3E55F

triadic

#E5C45F #5FE5C4 #C45FE5

tetradic

#E5C45F #5FE581 #5F80E5 #E55FC3

square

#E5C45F #5FE581 #5F80E5 #E55FC3

split-complementary

#E5C45F #5FC3E5 #815FE5

monochromatic

#AD8A1C #DCB12A #E5C45F #EED794 #F6EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E5C45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C45F

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C45F	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D7C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.126 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d58f',
    500: '#e5c45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c45f;
$custom-light: #f0d58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82905,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C45F

secondary

#3A56AF

accent

#41D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C45F

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