#E5C74F#E5C74F

#E5C74F 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	#E5C74F
RGB	rgb(229, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -2.65, 61.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 61.92, 92.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0124 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.141 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1504, 58.0722, 15.7524)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C74F #4F6DE5

analogous

#E57C4F #E5C74F #B8E54F

triadic

#E5C74F #4FE5C7 #C74FE5

tetradic

#E5C74F #4FE57C #4F6DE5 #E54FB8

square

#E5C74F #4FE57C #4F6DE5 #E54FB8

split-complementary

#E5C74F #4FB8E5 #7C4FE5

monochromatic

#A28618 #D7B220 #E5C74F #EDD884 #F5E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E5C74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E5C74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C74F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C74F	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	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)

#DAC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.141 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d786',
    500: '#e5c74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c74f;
$custom-light: #f1d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83346,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C74F

secondary

#344AA4

accent

#37D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C74F

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

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