#E5C752#E5C752
#E5C752 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.138 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C752 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 199, 82) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 64%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 64.2%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.80, -2.47, 60.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.80, 60.67, 92.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.37% -0.0115 0.1379) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.37% 0.138 94.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.2620, 58.1168, 16.3405) |
| Luminance | 0.5811 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.88
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.63
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.76
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.14
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.34
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C752 #5270E5
analogous
#E57D52 #E5C752 #B9E552
triadic
#E5C752 #52E5C7 #C752E5
tetradic
#E5C752 #52E57D #5270E5 #E552B9
square
#E5C752 #52E57D #5270E5 #E552B9
split-complementary
#E5C752 #52B9E5 #7D52E5
monochromatic
#A48819 #D9B421 #E5C752 #EDD887 #F5E9BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E5C752 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.62
#E5C752 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C752
12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C752 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C752 | 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)
#DAC344
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD58
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c752; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 82); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.138 94.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d788',
500: '#e5c752',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c752; $custom-light: #f1d788; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c752",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 199,
"b": 82
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.755,
"s": 73.869,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83373,
"c": 0.13833,
"h": 94.8
},
"luminance": 0.58114
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C752
secondary
#354CA6
accent
#38D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F