#E5C94F#E5C94F

#E5C94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.142 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C94F
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -3.68, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 62.52, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.75% -0.0153 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(83.75% 0.142 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6136, 58.9985, 15.9068)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C94F #4F6BE5

analogous

#E57E4F #E5C94F #B6E54F

triadic

#E5C94F #4FE5C9 #C94FE5

tetradic

#E5C94F #4FE57E #4F6BE5 #E54FB6

square

#E5C94F #4FE57E #4F6BE5 #E54FB6

split-complementary

#E5C94F #4FB6E5 #7E4FE5

monochromatic

#A28818 #D7B520 #E5C94F #EDD984 #F5EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#E5C94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C94F

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C94F	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.142 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d986',
    500: '#e5c94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c94f;
$custom-light: #f1d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83751,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C94F

secondary

#3449A4

accent

#34D60F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C94F

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

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