#E5C754#E5C754
#E5C754 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.137 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C754 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 199, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 63.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.82, -2.35, 59.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.82, 59.82, 92.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.39% -0.0109 0.1364) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.39% 0.137 94.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.3393, 58.1477, 16.7472) |
| Luminance | 0.5815 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.93
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.61
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.54
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.18
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.32
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C754 #5472E5
analogous
#E57F54 #E5C754 #BBE554
triadic
#E5C754 #54E5C7 #C754E5
tetradic
#E5C754 #54E57F #5472E5 #E554BB
square
#E5C754 #54E57F #5472E5 #E554BB
split-complementary
#E5C754 #54BBE5 #7F54E5
monochromatic
#A58819 #DBB421 #E5C754 #EDD889 #F5EABE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E5C754 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.63
#E5C754 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C754
12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C754 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C754 | 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)
#DAC347
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2CD5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B9AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c754; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.137 94.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d789',
500: '#e5c754',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c754; $custom-light: #f1d789; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c754",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 199,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.586,
"s": 73.604,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83392,
"c": 0.13679,
"h": 94.6
},
"luminance": 0.58145
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C754
secondary
#364DA8
accent
#39D610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F