#E5C852#E5C852

#E5C852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.139 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C852
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -2.99, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 60.97, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.58% -0.013 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(83.58% 0.139 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4929, 58.5785, 16.4175)
Luminance	0.5858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C852 #526FE5

analogous

#E57E52 #E5C852 #B8E552

triadic

#E5C852 #52E5C8 #C852E5

tetradic

#E5C852 #52E57E #526FE5 #E552B8

square

#E5C852 #52E57E #526FE5 #E552B8

split-complementary

#E5C852 #52B8E5 #7E52E5

monochromatic

#A48819 #D9B521 #E5C852 #EDD987 #F5EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E5C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C852

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C852	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.139 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d888',
    500: '#e5c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c852;
$custom-light: #f1d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83575,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C852

secondary

#354BA6

accent

#37D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C852

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

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