#E5C65C#E5C65C

#E5C65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.130 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C65C
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -1.31, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 56.03, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.007 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.13 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4413, 57.8216, 18.4162)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C65C #5C7BE5

analogous

#E5815C #E5C65C #C0E55C

triadic

#E5C65C #5CE5C6 #C65CE5

tetradic

#E5C65C #5CE581 #5C7BE5 #E55CC0

square

#E5C65C #5CE581 #5C7BE5 #E55CC0

split-complementary

#E5C65C #5CC0E5 #815CE5

monochromatic

#AB8B1B #DDB427 #E5C65C #EDD891 #F6EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E5C65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C65C

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C65C	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)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.130 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78e',
    500: '#e5c65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c65c;
$custom-light: #f0d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83273,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C65C

secondary

#3853AD

accent

#3DD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C65C

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

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