#E5C65B#E5C65B

#E5C65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.130 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C65B
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -1.38, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 56.47, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0073 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.13 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.3979, 57.8043, 18.1875)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C65B #5B7AE5

analogous

#E5815B #E5C65B #BFE55B

triadic

#E5C65B #5BE5C6 #C65BE5

tetradic

#E5C65B #5BE581 #5B7AE5 #E55BBF

square

#E5C65B #5BE581 #5B7AE5 #E55BBF

split-complementary

#E5C65B #5BBFE5 #815BE5

monochromatic

#AB8A1B #DDB426 #E5C65B #EDD890 #F6EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E5C65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C65B

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C65B	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)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.130 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78d',
    500: '#e5c65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c65b;
$custom-light: #f0d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83262,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C65B

secondary

#3852AC

accent

#3DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C65B

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

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