#E5C55C#E5C55C

#E5C55C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.129 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C55C
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -0.79, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 55.73, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0055 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.129 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2135, 57.3660, 18.3403)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C55C #5C7CE5

analogous

#E5805C #E5C55C #C1E55C

triadic

#E5C55C #5CE5C5 #C55CE5

tetradic

#E5C55C #5CE580 #5C7CE5 #E55CC1

square

#E5C55C #5CE580 #5C7CE5 #E55CC1

split-complementary

#E5C55C #5CC1E5 #805CE5

monochromatic

#AB8A1B #DDB227 #E5C55C #EDD891 #F6EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E5C55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C55C

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C55C	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)

#D8C251

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.129 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68e',
    500: '#e5c55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c55c;
$custom-light: #f0d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83072,
    "c": 0.12892,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C55C

secondary

#3854AD

accent

#3FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C55C

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

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