#E5C461#E5C461

#E5C461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.124 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C461
RGB	rgb(229, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, 0.08, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 53.18, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0024 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.124 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2130, 57.0037, 19.4542)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C461 #6182E5

analogous

#E58261 #E5C461 #C4E561

triadic

#E5C461 #61E5C4 #C461E5

tetradic

#E5C461 #61E582 #6182E5 #E561C4

square

#E5C461 #61E582 #6182E5 #E561C4

split-complementary

#E5C461 #61C4E5 #8261E5

monochromatic

#AF8A1D #DCB02C #E5C461 #EED896 #F6EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E5C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C461

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C461	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)

#D6C157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.124 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d591',
    500: '#e5c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c461;
$custom-light: #f0d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82928,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C461

secondary

#3A58B0

accent

#42D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C461

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

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