#E5C64A#E5C64A

#E5C64A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.143 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C64A
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -2.42, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 63.67, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0123 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.144 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7459, 57.5434, 14.7533)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C64A #4A69E5

analogous

#E5794A #E5C64A #B7E54A

triadic

#E5C64A #4AE5C6 #C64AE5

tetradic

#E5C64A #4AE579 #4A69E5 #E54AB7

square

#E5C64A #4AE579 #4A69E5 #E54AB7

split-complementary

#E5C64A #4AB7E5 #794AE5

monochromatic

#9E8317 #D3AF1E #E5C64A #EDD780 #F4E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E5C64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C64A

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C64A	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)

#DAC23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.143 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d683',
    500: '#e5c64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c64a;
$custom-light: #f1d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.831,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C64A

secondary

#3248A1

accent

#5CF136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C64A

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

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