#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
RGBrgb(229, 197, 83)
HSLhsl(47, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(47, 64%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(80.30, -1.38, 59.65)
CIE-LCHlch(80.30, 59.66, 91.33°)
OKLaboklab(82.98% -0.0083 0.1359)
OKLCHoklch(82.98% 0.136 93.5)
XYZxyz(53.8432, 57.2179, 16.3900)
Luminance0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##E5C5531.001.6912.4412.44
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4421.001.001.00
##00000012.4421.001.001.00

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

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#E5C553 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva