#E5C653#E5C653

#E5C653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.137 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C653
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.56, -1.90, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.56, 59.95, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0098 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.137 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0710, 57.6735, 16.4660)
Luminance	0.5767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C653 #5372E5

analogous

#E57D53 #E5C653 #BBE553

triadic

#E5C653 #53E5C6 #C653E5

tetradic

#E5C653 #53E57D #5372E5 #E553BB

square

#E5C653 #53E57D #5372E5 #E553BB

split-complementary

#E5C653 #53BBE5 #7D53E5

monochromatic

#A58719 #DAB321 #E5C653 #EDD888 #F5E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E5C653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#E5C653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C653

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C653	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)

#D9C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.137 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d788',
    500: '#e5c653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c653;
$custom-light: #f1d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83181,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C653

secondary

#354DA7

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C653

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

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