#E5C74E#E5C74E

#E5C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.141 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C74E
RGB	rgb(229, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -2.71, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 62.34, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0127 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.141 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1142, 58.0577, 15.5622)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C74E #4E6CE5

analogous

#E57B4E #E5C74E #B8E54E

triadic

#E5C74E #4EE5C7 #C74EE5

tetradic

#E5C74E #4EE57B #4E6CE5 #E54EB8

square

#E5C74E #4EE57B #4E6CE5 #E54EB8

split-complementary

#E5C74E #4EB8E5 #7B4EE5

monochromatic

#A18618 #D6B21F #E5C74E #EDD883 #F5E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E5C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C74E

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C74E	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.141 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d785',
    500: '#e5c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c74e;
$custom-light: #f1d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83337,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C74E

secondary

#344AA4

accent

#37D70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C74E

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

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