#E5C75A#E5C75A
#E5C75A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.132 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C75A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 199, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 60.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.88, -1.96, 57.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.88, 57.22, 91.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.45% -0.0091 0.1317) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.45% 0.132 94) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5844, 58.2458, 18.0383) |
| Luminance | 0.5824 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.18
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.66
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.86
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.00
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.39
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C75A #5A78E5
analogous
#E5815A #E5C75A #BEE55A
triadic
#E5C75A #5AE5C7 #C75AE5
tetradic
#E5C75A #5AE581 #5A78E5 #E55ABE
square
#E5C75A #5AE581 #5A78E5 #E55ABE
split-complementary
#E5C75A #5ABEE5 #815AE5
monochromatic
#AA8B1B #DDB525 #E5C75A #EDD98F #F6EBC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E5C75A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.65
#E5C75A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C75A
12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C75A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C75A | 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)
#DAC44E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CD5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c75a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.132 94.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d78c',
500: '#e5c75a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c75a; $custom-light: #f0d78c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c75a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 199,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.05,
"s": 72.775,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83453,
"c": 0.13196,
"h": 94
},
"luminance": 0.58243
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C75A
secondary
#3851AB
accent
#3BD511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F