#E5C650#E5C650

#E5C650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.139 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C650
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -2.08, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 61.22, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0106 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.139 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9577, 57.6282, 15.8691)
Luminance	0.5763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C650 #506FE5

analogous

#E57B50 #E5C650 #B9E550

triadic

#E5C650 #50E5C6 #C650E5

tetradic

#E5C650 #50E57B #506FE5 #E550B9

square

#E5C650 #50E57B #506FE5 #E550B9

split-complementary

#E5C650 #50B9E5 #7B50E5

monochromatic

#A28618 #D8B220 #E5C650 #EDD785 #F5E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E5C650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C650

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C650	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.139 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d686',
    500: '#e5c650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c650;
$custom-light: #f1d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83153,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C650

secondary

#344CA5

accent

#39D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C650

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

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