#E5C54E#E5C54E

#E5C54E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C54E
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -1.68, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 61.76, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0097 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(53.6571, 57.1434, 15.4098)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C54E #4E6EE5

analogous

#E57A4E #E5C54E #B9E54E

triadic

#E5C54E #4EE5C5 #C54EE5

tetradic

#E5C54E #4EE57A #4E6EE5 #E54EB9

square

#E5C54E #4EE57A #4E6EE5 #E54EB9

split-complementary

#E5C54E #4EB9E5 #7A4EE5

monochromatic

#A18418 #D6B01F #E5C54E #EDD683 #F5E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E5C54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C54E

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C54E	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d685',
    500: '#e5c54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c54e;
$custom-light: #f1d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82933,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.57141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C54E

secondary

#344BA4

accent

#39D70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C54E

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

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