#E5C960#E5C960

#E5C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.128 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C960
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -2.57, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 55.16, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0102 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.128 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3134, 59.2785, 19.5924)
Luminance	0.5928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C960 #607CE5

analogous

#E58660 #E5C960 #BFE560

triadic

#E5C960 #60E5C9 #C960E5

tetradic

#E5C960 #60E586 #607CE5 #E560BF

square

#E5C960 #60E586 #607CE5 #E560BF

split-complementary

#E5C960 #60BFE5 #8660E5

monochromatic

#AE8F1C #DCB72B #E5C960 #EEDB95 #F6EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#E5C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C960

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C960	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.128 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d990',
    500: '#e5c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c960;
$custom-light: #f0d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83921,
    "c": 0.12833,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C960

secondary

#3A53AF

accent

#3AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C960

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

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