#e5c23c

Color #e5c23c

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 12.85 Nearest Tailwind class amber-300 #ffd230 · ΔE 5.2

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Conversions

HEX

#e5c23c

RGB

rgb(229, 194, 60)

HSL

hsl(47.6, 76.5%, 56.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(47.6, 73.8%, 89.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 73.8%, 10.2%)

LAB

lab(79.37, -1.03, 67.91)

LCH

lch(79.37, 67.92, 90.87)

OKLCH

oklch(82.2%, 0.1498, 93.79)

HWB

hwb(47.6, 23.5%, 10.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3c5fe5

Analogous

#e56e3c

#e5c23c

#b3e53c

Triadic

#e5c23c

#3ce5c2

#c23ce5

Split-complementary

#e5c23c

#3cb3e5

#6e3ce5

Tetradic

#e5c23c

#5fe53c

#3c5fe5

#c23ce5

Square

#e5c23c

#3ce56e

#3c5fe5

#e53cb3

Shades

Color #e5c23c mixed toward black.

#d5af1c

#aa8c17

#806911

#55460b

#2b2306

Tints

Color #e5c23c mixed toward white.

#e9cc5d

#eed67d

#f2e19e

#f6ebbe

#fbf5df

Tones

Color #e5c23c mixed toward gray.

#d7ba4a

#c9b258

#bba966

#ada174

#9f9983

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.11:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d671 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#d9db7a · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#e38b90 · ΔE 41.1

Achromatopsia

#c5c5c5 · ΔE 26.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #e5c23c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e5c23c]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#e5c23c (#e5c23c) is rgb(229, 194, 60) in RGB.

No, #e5c23c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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