#E5C556#E5C556

#E5C556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.134 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C556
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -1.19, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 58.37, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0074 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.134 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.9616, 57.2652, 17.0133)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C556 #5676E5

analogous

#E57E56 #E5C556 #BEE556

triadic

#E5C556 #56E5C5 #C556E5

tetradic

#E5C556 #56E57E #5676E5 #E556BE

square

#E5C556 #56E57E #5676E5 #E556BE

split-complementary

#E5C556 #56BEE5 #7E56E5

monochromatic

#A7871A #DCB222 #E5C556 #EDD78B #F5E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#E5C556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C556

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C556	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)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.134 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d68a',
    500: '#e5c556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c556;
$custom-light: #f1d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83009,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C556

secondary

#3650A9

accent

#3CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C556

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

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