#E5C84A#E5C84A

#E5C84A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.145 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C84A
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -3.44, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 64.25, 93.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0152 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.145 96)
XYZ	xyz(54.2060, 58.4638, 14.9067)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C84A #4A67E5

analogous

#E57B4A #E5C84A #B5E54A

triadic

#E5C84A #4AE5C8 #C84AE5

tetradic

#E5C84A #4AE57B #4A67E5 #E54AB5

square

#E5C84A #4AE57B #4A67E5 #E54AB5

split-complementary

#E5C84A #4AB5E5 #7B4AE5

monochromatic

#9E8517 #D3B21E #E5C84A #EDD880 #F4E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E5C84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C84A

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C84A	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	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)

#DCC439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.145 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d883',
    500: '#e5c84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c84a;
$custom-light: #f1d883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.774,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83505,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.58461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C84A

secondary

#3247A1

accent

#59F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C84A

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

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