#E5C753#E5C753
#E5C753 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.138 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C753 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 199, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 64%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.81, -2.41, 60.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.81, 60.25, 92.29°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.38% -0.0112 0.1371) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.38% 0.138 94.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.3004, 58.1322, 16.5424) |
| Luminance | 0.5813 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.90
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.62
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.65
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.16
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.38
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C753 #5371E5
analogous
#E57E53 #E5C753 #BAE553
triadic
#E5C753 #53E5C7 #C753E5
tetradic
#E5C753 #53E57E #5371E5 #E553BA
square
#E5C753 #53E57E #5371E5 #E553BA
split-complementary
#E5C753 #53BAE5 #7E53E5
monochromatic
#A58819 #DAB421 #E5C753 #EDD888 #F5EABD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E5C753 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.63
#E5C753 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C753
12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C753 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C753 | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.63 | 12.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c753; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.138 94.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d788',
500: '#e5c753',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c753; $custom-light: #f1d788; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c753",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 199,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.671,
"s": 73.737,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83383,
"c": 0.13757,
"h": 94.7
},
"luminance": 0.58129
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C753
secondary
#354DA7
accent
#38D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F