#E5C555#E5C555

#E5C555 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.135 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C555
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -1.26, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 58.81, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0077 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.135 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9216, 57.2492, 16.8026)
Luminance	0.5725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C555 #5575E5

analogous

#E57D55 #E5C555 #BDE555

triadic

#E5C555 #55E5C5 #C555E5

tetradic

#E5C555 #55E57D #5575E5 #E555BD

square

#E5C555 #55E57D #5575E5 #E555BD

split-complementary

#E5C555 #55BDE5 #7D55E5

monochromatic

#A68719 #DBB222 #E5C555 #EDD78A #F5E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E5C555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C555

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C555	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)

#D8C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.135 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d689',
    500: '#e5c555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c555;
$custom-light: #f1d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82999,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C555

secondary

#364FA8

accent

#3CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C555

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

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