#E5C85E#E5C85E

#E5C85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.129 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C85E
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -2.20, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 55.74, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0093 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.129 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9901, 58.7774, 19.0362)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C85E #5E7BE5

analogous

#E5845E #E5C85E #BEE55E

triadic

#E5C85E #5EE5C8 #C85EE5

tetradic

#E5C85E #5EE584 #5E7BE5 #E55EBE

square

#E5C85E #5EE584 #5E7BE5 #E55EBE

split-complementary

#E5C85E #5EBEE5 #845EE5

monochromatic

#AD8E1C #DCB629 #E5C85E #EEDA93 #F6ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E5C85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E5C85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C85E

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C85E	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.129 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d88f',
    500: '#e5c85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c85e;
$custom-light: #f0d88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.111,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83697,
    "c": 0.12932,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C85E

secondary

#3952AE

accent

#3BD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C85E

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

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