#E5C759#E5C759

#E5C759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.133 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C759
RGB	rgb(229, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -2.03, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 57.66, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0094 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.133 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.5421, 58.2289, 17.8157)
Luminance	0.5823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C759 #5977E5

analogous

#E58159 #E5C759 #BDE559

triadic

#E5C759 #59E5C7 #C759E5

tetradic

#E5C759 #59E581 #5977E5 #E559BD

square

#E5C759 #59E581 #5977E5 #E559BD

split-complementary

#E5C759 #59BDE5 #8159E5

monochromatic

#A98B1A #DDB524 #E5C759 #EDD98E #F6EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E5C759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E5C759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C759

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C759	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.133 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d78c',
    500: '#e5c759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c759;
$custom-light: #f0d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83442,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C759

secondary

#3750AB

accent

#3BD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C759

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

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