#E5C64F#E5C64F

#E5C64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.140 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C64F
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -2.14, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 61.63, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0109 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.14 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9210, 57.6135, 15.6760)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C64F #4F6EE5

analogous

#E57B4F #E5C64F #B9E54F

triadic

#E5C64F #4FE5C6 #C64FE5

tetradic

#E5C64F #4FE57B #4F6EE5 #E54FB9

square

#E5C64F #4FE57B #4F6EE5 #E54FB9

split-complementary

#E5C64F #4FB9E5 #7B4FE5

monochromatic

#A28518 #D7B120 #E5C64F #EDD784 #F5E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E5C64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C64F

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C64F	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)

#DAC240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.140 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d686',
    500: '#e5c64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c64f;
$custom-light: #f1d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83144,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C64F

secondary

#344BA4

accent

#38D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C64F

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

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