#E5C460#E5C460

#E5C460 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.125 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C460
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, 0.01, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 53.64, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0027 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.125 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1667, 56.9852, 19.2102)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C460 #6081E5

analogous

#E58160 #E5C460 #C3E560

triadic

#E5C460 #60E5C4 #C460E5

tetradic

#E5C460 #60E581 #6081E5 #E560C3

square

#E5C460 #60E581 #6081E5 #E560C3

split-complementary

#E5C460 #60C3E5 #8160E5

monochromatic

#AE8A1C #DCB02B #E5C460 #EED895 #F6EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E5C460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C460

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C460	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.125 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d590',
    500: '#e5c460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c460;
$custom-light: #f0d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82916,
    "c": 0.12482,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C460

secondary

#3A57AF

accent

#42D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C460

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

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