#E5C55D#E5C55D

#E5C55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.128 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C55D
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -0.72, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 55.29, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0052 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.128 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2575, 57.3836, 18.5720)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C55D #5D7DE5

analogous

#E5815D #E5C55D #C1E55D

triadic

#E5C55D #5DE5C5 #C55DE5

tetradic

#E5C55D #5DE581 #5D7DE5 #E55DC1

square

#E5C55D #5DE581 #5D7DE5 #E55DC1

split-complementary

#E5C55D #5DC1E5 #815DE5

monochromatic

#AC8A1C #DDB228 #E5C55D #EDD892 #F6EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#E5C55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C55D

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C55D	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.128 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68e',
    500: '#e5c55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c55d;
$custom-light: #f0d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83083,
    "c": 0.12806,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C55D

secondary

#3954AD

accent

#3FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C55D

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

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