#E5C55E#E5C55E

#E5C55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.127 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C55E
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -0.65, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 54.84, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0048 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.127 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3021, 57.4014, 18.8068)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C55E #5E7EE5

analogous

#E5815E #E5C55E #C1E55E

triadic

#E5C55E #5EE5C5 #C55EE5

tetradic

#E5C55E #5EE581 #5E7EE5 #E55EC1

square

#E5C55E #5EE581 #5E7EE5 #E55EC1

split-complementary

#E5C55E #5EC1E5 #815EE5

monochromatic

#AD8A1C #DCB229 #E5C55E #EED893 #F6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#E5C55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C55E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C55E	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)

#D8C254

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.127 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d68f',
    500: '#e5c55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c55e;
$custom-light: #f0d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.778,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83094,
    "c": 0.12721,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C55E

secondary

#3955AE

accent

#3FD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C55E

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

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