#E5C950#E5C950

#E5C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.141 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C950
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -3.62, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 62.10, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.0151 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.141 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6502, 59.0132, 16.1000)
Luminance	0.5901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C950 #506CE5

analogous

#E57E50 #E5C950 #B6E550

triadic

#E5C950 #50E5C9 #C950E5

tetradic

#E5C950 #50E57E #506CE5 #E550B6

square

#E5C950 #50E57E #506CE5 #E550B6

split-complementary

#E5C950 #50B6E5 #7E50E5

monochromatic

#A28818 #D8B520 #E5C950 #EDD985 #F5EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#E5C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C950

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C950	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)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.141 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d986',
    500: '#e5c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c950;
$custom-light: #f1d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8376,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C950

secondary

#3449A5

accent

#35D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C950

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

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