#E5C554#E5C554

#E5C554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.135 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C554
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -1.32, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 59.24, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.008 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.135 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8821, 57.2334, 16.5948)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C554 #5474E5

analogous

#E57D54 #E5C554 #BCE554

triadic

#E5C554 #54E5C5 #C554E5

tetradic

#E5C554 #54E57D #5474E5 #E554BC

square

#E5C554 #54E57D #5474E5 #E554BC

split-complementary

#E5C554 #54BCE5 #7D54E5

monochromatic

#A58619 #DBB221 #E5C554 #EDD789 #F5E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E5C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C554

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C554	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.135 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d689',
    500: '#e5c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c554;
$custom-light: #f1d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82989,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C554

secondary

#364FA8

accent

#3BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C554

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

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