#E5C55A#E5C55A

#E5C55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.131 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C55A
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -0.93, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 56.62, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0061 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.131 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1273, 57.3315, 17.8859)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C55A #5A7AE5

analogous

#E57F5A #E5C55A #C0E55A

triadic

#E5C55A #5AE5C5 #C55AE5

tetradic

#E5C55A #5AE57F #5A7AE5 #E55AC0

square

#E5C55A #5AE57F #5A7AE5 #E55AC0

split-complementary

#E5C55A #5AC0E5 #7F5AE5

monochromatic

#AA891B #DDB225 #E5C55A #EDD88F #F6EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E5C55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C55A

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C55A	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.131 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68c',
    500: '#e5c55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c55a;
$custom-light: #f0d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8305,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C55A

secondary

#3852AB

accent

#3ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C55A

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

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