#E5CA59#E5CA59

#E5CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA59
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -3.57, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 58.58, 93.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% -0.0139 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.2392, 59.6230, 18.0480)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA59 #5974E5

analogous

#E58459 #E5CA59 #BAE559

triadic

#E5CA59 #59E5CA #CA59E5

tetradic

#E5CA59 #59E584 #5974E5 #E559BA

square

#E5CA59 #59E584 #5974E5 #E559BA

split-complementary

#E5CA59 #59BAE5 #8459E5

monochromatic

#A98E1A #DDB924 #E5CA59 #EDDB8E #F6ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E5CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA59

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA59	1.00	1.62	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98c',
    500: '#e5ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca59;
$custom-light: #f0d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84049,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA59

secondary

#374EAB

accent

#36D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA59

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

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