#E5C757#E5C757

#E5C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.134 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C757
RGB	rgb(229, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -2.16, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 58.53, 92.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.01 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.134 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4593, 58.1957, 17.3793)
Luminance	0.5819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C757 #5775E5

analogous

#E58057 #E5C757 #BCE557

triadic

#E5C757 #57E5C7 #C757E5

tetradic

#E5C757 #57E580 #5775E5 #E557BC

square

#E5C757 #57E580 #5775E5 #E557BC

split-complementary

#E5C757 #57BCE5 #8057E5

monochromatic

#A88A1A #DDB522 #E5C757 #EDD98C #F5EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E5C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#E5C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C757

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C757	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)

#DAC34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.134 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78b',
    500: '#e5c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c757;
$custom-light: #f0d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83422,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C757

secondary

#374FAA

accent

#3AD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C757

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

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