#E5C660#E5C660

#E5C660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.126 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C660
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -1.03, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 54.23, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0057 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.126 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.6208, 57.8934, 19.3616)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C660 #607FE5

analogous

#E58360 #E5C660 #C1E560

triadic

#E5C660 #60E5C6 #C660E5

tetradic

#E5C660 #60E583 #607FE5 #E560C1

square

#E5C660 #60E583 #607FE5 #E560C1

split-complementary

#E5C660 #60C1E5 #8360E5

monochromatic

#AE8C1C #DCB32B #E5C660 #EED995 #F6ECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E5C660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C660

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C660	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.126 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d790',
    500: '#e5c660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c660;
$custom-light: #f0d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83317,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C660

secondary

#3A55AF

accent

#3FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C660

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

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