#E5C75C#E5C75C
#E5C75C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.130 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C75C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 199, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59.8%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.89, -1.82, 56.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.89, 56.33, 91.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.47% -0.0085 0.13) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.47% 0.13 93.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6707, 58.2803, 18.4927) |
| Luminance | 0.5828 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.30
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.63
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.72
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.91
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.41
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 5.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C75C #5C7AE5
analogous
#E5825C #E5C75C #BFE55C
triadic
#E5C75C #5CE5C7 #C75CE5
tetradic
#E5C75C #5CE582 #5C7AE5 #E55CBF
square
#E5C75C #5CE582 #5C7AE5 #E55CBF
split-complementary
#E5C75C #5CBFE5 #825CE5
monochromatic
#AB8C1B #DDB527 #E5C75C #EDD991 #F6EBC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E5C75C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.66
#E5C75C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C75C
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C75C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C75C | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.66 | 12.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC451
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CD61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B9AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c75c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.130 93.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d78e',
500: '#e5c75c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c75c; $custom-light: #f0d78e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c75c",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 199,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.861,
"s": 72.487,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83474,
"c": 0.13031,
"h": 93.7
},
"luminance": 0.58278
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C75C
secondary
#3852AD
accent
#3CD511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F