#E5C855#E5C855

#E5C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.137 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C855
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -2.80, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 59.69, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0121 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.137 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6095, 58.6252, 17.0319)
Luminance	0.5862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C855 #5572E5

analogous

#E58055 #E5C855 #BAE555

triadic

#E5C855 #55E5C8 #C855E5

tetradic

#E5C855 #55E580 #5572E5 #E555BA

square

#E5C855 #55E580 #5572E5 #E555BA

split-complementary

#E5C855 #55BAE5 #8055E5

monochromatic

#A68A19 #DBB622 #E5C855 #EDD98A #F5EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E5C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C855

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C855	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)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.137 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d889',
    500: '#e5c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c855;
$custom-light: #f1d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83604,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C855

secondary

#364DA8

accent

#38D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C855

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

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