#E5C565#E5C565

#E5C565 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.121 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C565
RGB	rgb(229, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -0.13, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 51.64, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0025 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.121 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6306, 57.5328, 20.5368)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C565 #6585E5

analogous

#E58565 #E5C565 #C5E565

triadic

#E5C565 #65E5C5 #C565E5

tetradic

#E5C565 #65E585 #6585E5 #E565C5

square

#E5C565 #65E585 #6585E5 #E565C5

split-complementary

#E5C565 #65C5E5 #8565E5

monochromatic

#B28D1E #DCB131 #E5C565 #EED999 #F7ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E5C565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C565

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C565	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.121 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d693',
    500: '#e5c565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c565;
$custom-light: #f0d693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83175,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C565

secondary

#3C59B2

accent

#43D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C565

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

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