#E5C55B#E5C55B

#E5C55B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.130 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C55B
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -0.86, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 56.18, 90.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0058 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.13 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1701, 57.3486, 18.1116)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C55B #5B7BE5

analogous

#E5805B #E5C55B #C0E55B

triadic

#E5C55B #5BE5C5 #C55BE5

tetradic

#E5C55B #5BE580 #5B7BE5 #E55BC0

square

#E5C55B #5BE580 #5B7BE5 #E55BC0

split-complementary

#E5C55B #5BC0E5 #805BE5

monochromatic

#AB891B #DDB226 #E5C55B #EDD890 #F6EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E5C55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C55B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C55B	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)

#D8C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.130 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68d',
    500: '#e5c55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c55b;
$custom-light: #f0d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83061,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C55B

secondary

#3853AC

accent

#3ED511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C55B

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

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