#E5C64E#E5C64E

#E5C64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.141 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C64E
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -2.19, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 62.05, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0112 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.141 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8849, 57.5991, 15.4857)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C64E #4E6DE5

analogous

#E57A4E #E5C64E #B9E54E

triadic

#E5C64E #4EE5C6 #C64EE5

tetradic

#E5C64E #4EE57A #4E6DE5 #E54EB9

square

#E5C64E #4EE57A #4E6DE5 #E54EB9

split-complementary

#E5C64E #4EB9E5 #7A4EE5

monochromatic

#A18518 #D6B11F #E5C64E #EDD783 #F5E8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E5C64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C64E

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C64E	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.141 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d685',
    500: '#e5c64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c64e;
$custom-light: #f1d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.682,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83135,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C64E

secondary

#344BA4

accent

#38D70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C64E

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

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