#E5C561#E5C561

#E5C561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.125 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C561
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -0.43, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 53.48, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0039 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.125 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.4394, 57.4563, 19.5296)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C561 #6181E5

analogous

#E58361 #E5C561 #C3E561

triadic

#E5C561 #61E5C5 #C561E5

tetradic

#E5C561 #61E583 #6181E5 #E561C3

square

#E5C561 #61E583 #6181E5 #E561C3

split-complementary

#E5C561 #61C3E5 #8361E5

monochromatic

#AF8B1D #DCB22C #E5C561 #EED896 #F6ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#E5C561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C561

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C561	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.125 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d691',
    500: '#e5c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c561;
$custom-light: #f0d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83128,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C561

secondary

#3A57B0

accent

#41D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C561

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

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