#E5C65F#E5C65F

#E5C65F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.127 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C65F
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 95)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -1.10, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 54.68, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.006 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.127 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.5751, 57.8751, 19.1206)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C65F #5F7EE5

analogous

#E5835F #E5C65F #C1E55F

triadic

#E5C65F #5FE5C6 #C65FE5

tetradic

#E5C65F #5FE583 #5F7EE5 #E55FC1

square

#E5C65F #5FE583 #5F7EE5 #E55FC1

split-complementary

#E5C65F #5FC1E5 #835FE5

monochromatic

#AD8C1C #DCB32A #E5C65F #EED994 #F6ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E5C65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C65F

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C65F	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)

#D9C355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.127 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d790',
    500: '#e5c65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c65f;
$custom-light: #f0d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83306,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C65F

secondary

#3A55AF

accent

#3ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C65F

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

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