#E5CA54#E5CA54

#E5CA54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA54
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 84)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -3.89, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 60.73, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.0154 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0363, 59.5418, 16.9796)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA54 #546FE5

analogous

#E58254 #E5CA54 #B7E554

triadic

#E5CA54 #54E5CA #CA54E5

tetradic

#E5CA54 #54E582 #546FE5 #E554B7

square

#E5CA54 #54E582 #546FE5 #E554B7

split-complementary

#E5CA54 #54B7E5 #8254E5

monochromatic

#A58B19 #DBB821 #E5CA54 #EDDA89 #F5EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5CA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#E5CA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA54

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA54	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d989',
    500: '#e5ca54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca54;
$custom-light: #f1d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83999,
    "c": 0.13897,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA54

secondary

#364BA8

accent

#35D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA54

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

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