#E5C85B#E5C85B

#E5C85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.132 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C85B
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -2.41, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 57.08, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0103 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.132 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.8581, 58.7246, 18.3409)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C85B #5B78E5

analogous

#E5835B #E5C85B #BDE55B

triadic

#E5C85B #5BE5C8 #C85BE5

tetradic

#E5C85B #5BE583 #5B78E5 #E55BBD

square

#E5C85B #5BE583 #5B78E5 #E55BBD

split-complementary

#E5C85B #5BBDE5 #835BE5

monochromatic

#AB8C1B #DDB626 #E5C85B #EDDA90 #F6EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E5C85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C85B

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C85B	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)

#DBC450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.132 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88d',
    500: '#e5c85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c85b;
$custom-light: #f0d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83665,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C85B

secondary

#3850AC

accent

#3AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C85B

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

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