#E5C854#E5C854

#E5C854 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.138 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C854
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -2.86, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 60.12, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0124 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.138 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5701, 58.6094, 16.8242)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C854 #5471E5

analogous

#E58054 #E5C854 #BAE554

triadic

#E5C854 #54E5C8 #C854E5

tetradic

#E5C854 #54E580 #5471E5 #E554BA

square

#E5C854 #54E580 #5471E5 #E554BA

split-complementary

#E5C854 #54BAE5 #8054E5

monochromatic

#A58919 #DBB621 #E5C854 #EDD989 #F5EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E5C854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C854

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C854	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)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.138 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d889',
    500: '#e5c854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c854;
$custom-light: #f1d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83594,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C854

secondary

#364CA8

accent

#37D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C854

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

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