#E5C756#E5C756

#E5C756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C756
RGB	rgb(229, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -2.22, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 58.96, 92.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0103 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.135 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4187, 58.1795, 17.1657)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C756 #5674E5

analogous

#E58056 #E5C756 #BBE556

triadic

#E5C756 #56E5C7 #C756E5

tetradic

#E5C756 #56E580 #5674E5 #E556BB

square

#E5C756 #56E580 #5674E5 #E556BB

split-complementary

#E5C756 #56BBE5 #8056E5

monochromatic

#A7891A #DCB522 #E5C756 #EDD98B #F5EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E5C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E5C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C756

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C756	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78a',
    500: '#e5c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c756;
$custom-light: #f0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.413,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83412,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C756

secondary

#364EA9

accent

#39D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C756

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

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