#E5C651#E5C651

#E5C651 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.138 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C651
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -2.02, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 60.80, 91.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0103 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.138 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9949, 57.6431, 16.0652)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C651 #5170E5

analogous

#E57C51 #E5C651 #BAE551

triadic

#E5C651 #51E5C6 #C651E5

tetradic

#E5C651 #51E57C #5170E5 #E551BA

square

#E5C651 #51E57C #5170E5 #E551BA

split-complementary

#E5C651 #51BAE5 #7C51E5

monochromatic

#A38618 #D8B220 #E5C651 #EDD786 #F5E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E5C651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C651

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C651	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)

#D9C243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.138 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d787',
    500: '#e5c651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c651;
$custom-light: #f1d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83162,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C651

secondary

#354CA6

accent

#39D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C651

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

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