#E5C75E#E5C75E
#E5C75E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.129 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C75E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 199, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 72%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.91, -1.69, 55.41) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.91, 55.44, 91.74°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.5% -0.0078 0.1284) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.5% 0.129 93.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.7593, 58.3157, 18.9592) |
| Luminance | 0.5831 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.40
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.44
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.79
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.83
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.42
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C75E #5E7CE5
analogous
#E5835E #E5C75E #BFE55E
triadic
#E5C75E #5EE5C7 #C75EE5
tetradic
#E5C75E #5EE583 #5E7CE5 #E55EBF
square
#E5C75E #5EE583 #5E7CE5 #E55EBF
split-complementary
#E5C75E #5EBFE5 #835EE5
monochromatic
#AD8D1C #DCB529 #E5C75E #EED993 #F6ECC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#E5C75E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.66
#E5C75E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C75E
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C75E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C75E | 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)
#DAC453
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CD63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B9B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c75e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.129 93.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d78f',
500: '#e5c75e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c75e; $custom-light: #f0d78f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c75e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 199,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.667,
"s": 72.193,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83496,
"c": 0.1286,
"h": 93.5
},
"luminance": 0.58313
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C75E
secondary
#3953AE
accent
#3DD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F