#E5C94A#E5C94A

#E5C94A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.146 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C94A
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -3.96, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 64.54, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0167 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.146 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4384, 58.9285, 14.9841)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C94A #4A66E5

analogous

#E57C4A #E5C94A #B4E54A

triadic

#E5C94A #4AE5C9 #C94AE5

tetradic

#E5C94A #4AE57C #4A66E5 #E54AB4

square

#E5C94A #4AE57C #4A66E5 #E54AB4

split-complementary

#E5C94A #4AB4E5 #7C4AE5

monochromatic

#9E8517 #D3B31E #E5C94A #EDD980 #F4E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E5C94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C94A

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C94A	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.146 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d983',
    500: '#e5c94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c94a;
$custom-light: #f1d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.161,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83708,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C94A

secondary

#3246A1

accent

#58F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C94A

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

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