#E5C95E#E5C95E

#E5C95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.130 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C95E
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -2.72, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 56.05, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.9% -0.0108 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(83.9% 0.13 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2224, 59.2421, 19.1136)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C95E #5E7AE5

analogous

#E5855E #E5C95E #BDE55E

triadic

#E5C95E #5EE5C9 #C95EE5

tetradic

#E5C95E #5EE585 #5E7AE5 #E55EBD

square

#E5C95E #5EE585 #5E7AE5 #E55EBD

split-complementary

#E5C95E #5EBDE5 #855EE5

monochromatic

#AD8F1C #DCB729 #E5C95E #EEDB93 #F6ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5C95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E5C95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C95E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C95E	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.130 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98f',
    500: '#e5c95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c95e;
$custom-light: #f0d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.556,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83899,
    "c": 0.13005,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C95E

secondary

#3951AE

accent

#3AD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C95E

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

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