#E5C84E#E5C84E

#E5C84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C84E
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -3.22, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 62.63, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0141 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.142 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.3451, 58.5194, 15.6391)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C84E #4E6BE5

analogous

#E57D4E #E5C84E #B6E54E

triadic

#E5C84E #4EE5C8 #C84EE5

tetradic

#E5C84E #4EE57D #4E6BE5 #E54EB6

square

#E5C84E #4EE57D #4E6BE5 #E54EB6

split-complementary

#E5C84E #4EB6E5 #7D4EE5

monochromatic

#A18718 #D6B31F #E5C84E #EDD983 #F5E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E5C84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C84E

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C84E	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d885',
    500: '#e5c84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c84e;
$custom-light: #f1d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83539,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C84E

secondary

#3449A4

accent

#35D70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C84E

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

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