#E5C954#E5C954

#E5C954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.138 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C954
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.33, -3.38, 60.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.33, 60.42, 93.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0139 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.138 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8024, 59.0741, 16.9016)
Luminance	0.5907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C954 #5470E5

analogous

#E58154 #E5C954 #B9E554

triadic

#E5C954 #54E5C9 #C954E5

tetradic

#E5C954 #54E581 #5470E5 #E554B9

square

#E5C954 #54E581 #5470E5 #E554B9

split-complementary

#E5C954 #54B9E5 #8154E5

monochromatic

#A58A19 #DBB721 #E5C954 #EDDA89 #F5EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#E5C954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C954

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C954	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.138 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d989',
    500: '#e5c954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c954;
$custom-light: #f1d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83797,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C954

secondary

#364CA8

accent

#36D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C954

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

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