#E5C856#E5C856

#E5C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.136 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C856
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -2.74, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 59.26, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0118 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.136 95)
XYZ	xyz(54.6495, 58.6412, 17.2426)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C856 #5673E5

analogous

#E58156 #E5C856 #BBE556

triadic

#E5C856 #56E5C8 #C856E5

tetradic

#E5C856 #56E581 #5673E5 #E556BB

square

#E5C856 #56E581 #5673E5 #E556BB

split-complementary

#E5C856 #56BBE5 #8156E5

monochromatic

#A78A1A #DCB622 #E5C856 #EDD98B #F5EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E5C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C856

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C856	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.136 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88a',
    500: '#e5c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c856;
$custom-light: #f0d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83614,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.58638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C856

secondary

#364EA9

accent

#38D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C856

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

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