#E5C65E#E5C65E

#E5C65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.128 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C65E
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -1.17, 55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 55.13, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0063 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.128 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5299, 57.8571, 18.8828)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C65E #5E7DE5

analogous

#E5825E #E5C65E #C1E55E

triadic

#E5C65E #5EE5C6 #C65EE5

tetradic

#E5C65E #5EE582 #5E7DE5 #E55EC1

square

#E5C65E #5EE582 #5E7DE5 #E55EC1

split-complementary

#E5C65E #5EC1E5 #825EE5

monochromatic

#AD8B1C #DCB329 #E5C65E #EED993 #F6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E5C65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C65E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C65E	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.128 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78f',
    500: '#e5c65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c65e;
$custom-light: #f0d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83295,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C65E

secondary

#3954AE

accent

#3ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C65E

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

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