#E5C857#E5C857

#E5C857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.135 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C857
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -2.67, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 58.83, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0115 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.135 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6901, 58.6574, 17.4563)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C857 #5774E5

analogous

#E58157 #E5C857 #BBE557

triadic

#E5C857 #57E5C8 #C857E5

tetradic

#E5C857 #57E581 #5774E5 #E557BB

square

#E5C857 #57E581 #5774E5 #E557BB

split-complementary

#E5C857 #57BBE5 #8157E5

monochromatic

#A88B1A #DDB722 #E5C857 #EDD98C #F5EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#E5C857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C857

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C857	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)

#DBC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.135 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88b',
    500: '#e5c857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c857;
$custom-light: #f0d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83624,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C857

secondary

#374EAA

accent

#38D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C857

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

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