#E5C95B#E5C95B

#E5C95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.133 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C95B
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.40, -2.92, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.40, 57.39, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.87% -0.0118 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(83.87% 0.133 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0904, 59.1893, 18.4184)
Luminance	0.5919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C95B #5B77E5

analogous

#E5845B #E5C95B #BCE55B

triadic

#E5C95B #5BE5C9 #C95BE5

tetradic

#E5C95B #5BE584 #5B77E5 #E55BBC

square

#E5C95B #5BE584 #5B77E5 #E55BBC

split-complementary

#E5C95B #5BBCE5 #845BE5

monochromatic

#AB8D1B #DDB826 #E5C95B #EDDA90 #F6ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E5C95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C95B

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C95B	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.133 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98d',
    500: '#e5c95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c95b;
$custom-light: #f0d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83867,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C95B

secondary

#3850AC

accent

#39D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C95B

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

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