#E5C765#E5C765

#E5C765 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.122 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C765
RGB	rgb(229, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -1.17, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 52.25, 91.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.0055 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.122 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0877, 58.4471, 20.6892)
Luminance	0.5844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C765 #6583E5

analogous

#E58765 #E5C765 #C3E565

triadic

#E5C765 #65E5C7 #C765E5

tetradic

#E5C765 #65E587 #6583E5 #E565C3

square

#E5C765 #65E587 #6583E5 #E565C3

split-complementary

#E5C765 #65C3E5 #8765E5

monochromatic

#B28F1E #DCB431 #E5C765 #EEDA99 #F7EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E5C765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E5C765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C765

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C765	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.122 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d793',
    500: '#e5c765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c765;
$custom-light: #f0d793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83577,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C765

secondary

#3C58B2

accent

#40D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C765

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

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