#E5C657#E5C657

#E5C657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.134 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C657
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -1.64, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 58.23, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0085 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.134 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2300, 57.7371, 17.3029)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C657 #5776E5

analogous

#E57F57 #E5C657 #BDE557

triadic

#E5C657 #57E5C6 #C657E5

tetradic

#E5C657 #57E57F #5776E5 #E557BD

square

#E5C657 #57E57F #5776E5 #E557BD

split-complementary

#E5C657 #57BDE5 #7F57E5

monochromatic

#A8891A #DDB422 #E5C657 #EDD88C #F5EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E5C657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C657

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C657	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.134 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78b',
    500: '#e5c657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c657;
$custom-light: #f0d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8322,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C657

secondary

#3750AA

accent

#3BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C657

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

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