#E5C558#E5C558

#E5C558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.132 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C558
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -1.06, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 57.50, 91.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0068 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.132 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0433, 57.2979, 17.4436)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C558 #5878E5

analogous

#E57F58 #E5C558 #BFE558

triadic

#E5C558 #58E5C5 #C558E5

tetradic

#E5C558 #58E57F #5878E5 #E558BF

square

#E5C558 #58E57F #5878E5 #E558BF

split-complementary

#E5C558 #58BFE5 #7F58E5

monochromatic

#A8881A #DDB323 #E5C558 #EDD78D #F5EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E5C558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#E5C558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C558

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C558	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.132 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68b',
    500: '#e5c558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c558;
$custom-light: #f0d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83029,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C558

secondary

#3751AA

accent

#3DD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C558

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

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