#E5C85C#E5C85C

#E5C85C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.131 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C85C
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -2.34, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 56.64, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.01 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.131 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9015, 58.7420, 18.5696)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C85C #5C79E5

analogous

#E5835C #E5C85C #BEE55C

triadic

#E5C85C #5CE5C8 #C85CE5

tetradic

#E5C85C #5CE583 #5C79E5 #E55CBE

square

#E5C85C #5CE583 #5C79E5 #E55CBE

split-complementary

#E5C85C #5CBEE5 #835CE5

monochromatic

#AB8D1B #DDB627 #E5C85C #EDDA91 #F6ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E5C85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C85C

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C85C	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.131 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88e',
    500: '#e5c85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c85c;
$custom-light: #f0d88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.299,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83676,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C85C

secondary

#3851AD

accent

#3AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C85C

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

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