#E5C859#E5C859

#E5C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.134 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C859
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -2.54, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 57.96, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0109 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.134 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7730, 58.6905, 17.8926)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C859 #5976E5

analogous

#E58259 #E5C859 #BCE559

triadic

#E5C859 #59E5C8 #C859E5

tetradic

#E5C859 #59E582 #5976E5 #E559BC

square

#E5C859 #59E582 #5976E5 #E559BC

split-complementary

#E5C859 #59BCE5 #8259E5

monochromatic

#A98C1A #DDB624 #E5C859 #EDDA8E #F6EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E5C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C859

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C859	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.134 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88c',
    500: '#e5c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c859;
$custom-light: #f0d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83644,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C859

secondary

#374FAB

accent

#39D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C859

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

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