#E5C75D#E5C75D
#E5C75D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.129 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C75D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 199, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.90, -1.76, 55.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.90, 55.88, 91.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.49% -0.0082 0.1292) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.49% 0.129 93.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.7147, 58.2979, 18.7244) |
| Luminance | 0.5829 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.37
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.52
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.75
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.87
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.43
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C75D #5D7BE5
analogous
#E5835D #E5C75D #BFE55D
triadic
#E5C75D #5DE5C7 #C75DE5
tetradic
#E5C75D #5DE583 #5D7BE5 #E55DBF
square
#E5C75D #5DE583 #5D7BE5 #E55DBF
split-complementary
#E5C75D #5DBFE5 #835DE5
monochromatic
#AC8C1C #DDB528 #E5C75D #EDD992 #F6EBC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E5C75D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.66
#E5C75D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C75D
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C75D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C75D | 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)
#DAC452
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CD62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c75d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.129 93.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d78e',
500: '#e5c75d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c75d; $custom-light: #f0d78e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c75d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 199,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.765,
"s": 72.34,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83485,
"c": 0.12946,
"h": 93.6
},
"luminance": 0.58295
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C75D
secondary
#3953AD
accent
#3CD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F