#E5C853#E5C853

#E5C853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.138 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C853
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -2.93, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 60.54, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0127 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.138 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.5312, 58.5938, 16.6194)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C853 #5370E5

analogous

#E57F53 #E5C853 #B9E553

triadic

#E5C853 #53E5C8 #C853E5

tetradic

#E5C853 #53E57F #5370E5 #E553B9

square

#E5C853 #53E57F #5370E5 #E553B9

split-complementary

#E5C853 #53B9E5 #7F53E5

monochromatic

#A58919 #DAB521 #E5C853 #EDD988 #F5EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E5C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C853

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C853	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)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.138 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d888',
    500: '#e5c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c853;
$custom-light: #f1d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83585,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C853

secondary

#354CA7

accent

#37D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C853

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

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