#E5C65A#E5C65A

#E5C65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.131 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C65A
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -1.45, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 56.92, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0076 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.131 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3551, 57.7871, 17.9619)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C65A #5A79E5

analogous

#E5815A #E5C65A #BEE55A

triadic

#E5C65A #5AE5C6 #C65AE5

tetradic

#E5C65A #5AE581 #5A79E5 #E55ABE

square

#E5C65A #5AE581 #5A79E5 #E55ABE

split-complementary

#E5C65A #5ABEE5 #815AE5

monochromatic

#AA8A1B #DDB425 #E5C65A #EDD88F #F6EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E5C65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C65A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C65A	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.131 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78c',
    500: '#e5c65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c65a;
$custom-light: #f0d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83251,
    "c": 0.13127,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C65A

secondary

#3852AB

accent

#3CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C65A

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

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