#E5C55F#E5C55F

#E5C55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.126 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C55F
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -0.58, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 54.39, 90.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0045 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.126 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.3473, 57.4195, 19.0447)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C55F #5F7FE5

analogous

#E5825F #E5C55F #C2E55F

triadic

#E5C55F #5FE5C5 #C55FE5

tetradic

#E5C55F #5FE582 #5F7FE5 #E55FC2

square

#E5C55F #5FE582 #5F7FE5 #E55FC2

split-complementary

#E5C55F #5FC2E5 #825FE5

monochromatic

#AD8B1C #DCB22A #E5C55F #EED894 #F6EBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#E5C55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C55F

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C55F	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)

#D8C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.126 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d690',
    500: '#e5c55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c55f;
$custom-light: #f0d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83105,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C55F

secondary

#3A56AF

accent

#40D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C55F

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

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