#E5C659#E5C659

#E5C659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.132 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C659
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -1.51, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 57.36, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0079 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.132 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3128, 57.7702, 17.7392)
Luminance	0.5777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C659 #5978E5

analogous

#E58059 #E5C659 #BEE559

triadic

#E5C659 #59E5C6 #C659E5

tetradic

#E5C659 #59E580 #5978E5 #E559BE

square

#E5C659 #59E580 #5978E5 #E559BE

split-complementary

#E5C659 #59BEE5 #8059E5

monochromatic

#A98A1A #DDB424 #E5C659 #EDD88E #F6EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E5C659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C659

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C659	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)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.132 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78c',
    500: '#e5c659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c659;
$custom-light: #f0d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83241,
    "c": 0.13209,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C659

secondary

#3751AB

accent

#3CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C659

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

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