#E5C751#E5C751

#E5C751 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.139 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C751
RGB	rgb(229, 199, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -2.53, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 61.09, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0118 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.139 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2243, 58.1017, 16.1416)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C751 #516FE5

analogous

#E57D51 #E5C751 #B9E551

triadic

#E5C751 #51E5C7 #C751E5

tetradic

#E5C751 #51E57D #516FE5 #E551B9

square

#E5C751 #51E57D #516FE5 #E551B9

split-complementary

#E5C751 #51B9E5 #7D51E5

monochromatic

#A38718 #D8B320 #E5C751 #EDD886 #F5E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E5C751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E5C751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C751

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C751	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.139 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d787',
    500: '#e5c751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c751;
$custom-light: #f1d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 74,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83364,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C751

secondary

#354BA6

accent

#38D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C751

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

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