#E5C64B#E5C64B

#E5C64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.143 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C64B
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 67.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -2.36, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 63.27, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.012 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.143 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7798, 57.5570, 14.9321)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C64B #4B6AE5

analogous

#E5794B #E5C64B #B7E54B

triadic

#E5C64B #4BE5C6 #C64BE5

tetradic

#E5C64B #4BE579 #4B6AE5 #E54BB7

square

#E5C64B #4BE579 #4B6AE5 #E54BB7

split-complementary

#E5C64B #4BB7E5 #794BE5

monochromatic

#9F8317 #D4B01F #E5C64B #EDD780 #F4E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E5C64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C64B

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C64B	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)

#DAC23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.143 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d683',
    500: '#e5c64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c64b;
$custom-light: #f1d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.922,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83109,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C64B

secondary

#3349A2

accent

#5CF136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C64B

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

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