#E5C550#E5C550

#E5C550 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.138 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C550
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -1.56, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 60.93, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0091 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.138 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7299, 57.1725, 15.7932)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C550 #5070E5

analogous

#E57A50 #E5C550 #BAE550

triadic

#E5C550 #50E5C5 #C550E5

tetradic

#E5C550 #50E57A #5070E5 #E550BA

square

#E5C550 #50E57A #5070E5 #E550BA

split-complementary

#E5C550 #50BAE5 #7A50E5

monochromatic

#A28518 #D8B020 #E5C550 #EDD785 #F5E8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E5C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C550

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C550	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)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.138 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d686',
    500: '#e5c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c550;
$custom-light: #f1d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82951,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C550

secondary

#344CA5

accent

#3AD60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C550

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

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