#E5C553#E5C553

#E5C553 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.136 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C553
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -1.38, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 59.66, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0083 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.136 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.8432, 57.2179, 16.3900)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C553 #5373E5

analogous

#E57C53 #E5C553 #BCE553

triadic

#E5C553 #53E5C5 #C553E5

tetradic

#E5C553 #53E57C #5373E5 #E553BC

square

#E5C553 #53E57C #5373E5 #E553BC

split-complementary

#E5C553 #53BCE5 #7C53E5

monochromatic

#A58619 #DAB121 #E5C553 #EDD788 #F5E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E5C553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C553

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C553	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.136 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d688',
    500: '#e5c553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c553;
$custom-light: #f1d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82979,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C553

secondary

#354EA7

accent

#3BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C553

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

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