#E5C871#E5C871

#E5C871 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.112 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C871
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 50.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -0.70, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 46.94, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0028 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.112 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9500, 59.1614, 24.0918)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C871 #718EE5

analogous

#E58E71 #E5C871 #C8E571

triadic

#E5C871 #71E5C8 #C871E5

tetradic

#E5C871 #71E58E #718EE5 #E571C8

square

#E5C871 #71E58E #718EE5 #E571C8

split-complementary

#E5C871 #71C8E5 #8E71E5

monochromatic

#BA9422 #DCB43D #E5C871 #EEDCA5 #F8F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E5C871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C871

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C871	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C56A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.112 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd89b',
    500: '#e5c871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c871;
$custom-light: #efd89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83932,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C871

secondary

#415FBA

accent

#44D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C871

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

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