#E5C74A#E5C74A

#E5C74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.144 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C74A
RGB	rgb(229, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -2.93, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 63.96, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0138 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.144 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.9752, 58.0021, 14.8297)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C74A #4A68E5

analogous

#E57A4A #E5C74A #B6E54A

triadic

#E5C74A #4AE5C7 #C74AE5

tetradic

#E5C74A #4AE57A #4A68E5 #E54AB6

square

#E5C74A #4AE57A #4A68E5 #E54AB6

split-complementary

#E5C74A #4AB6E5 #7A4AE5

monochromatic

#9E8417 #D3B01E #E5C74A #EDD880 #F4E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E5C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C74A

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C74A	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.144 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d783',
    500: '#e5c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c74a;
$custom-light: #f1d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83302,
    "c": 0.14419,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C74A

secondary

#3248A1

accent

#5BF136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C74A

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

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