#E5C665#E5C665

#E5C665 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.122 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C665
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 101)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -0.65, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 51.95, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.004 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.122 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8584, 57.9885, 20.6127)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C665 #6584E5

analogous

#E58665 #E5C665 #C4E565

triadic

#E5C665 #65E5C6 #C665E5

tetradic

#E5C665 #65E586 #6584E5 #E565C4

square

#E5C665 #65E586 #6584E5 #E565C4

split-complementary

#E5C665 #65C4E5 #8665E5

monochromatic

#B28E1E #DCB331 #E5C665 #EED999 #F7EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C665 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E5C665 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C665

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C665	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C665	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c665;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.122 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d793',
    500: '#e5c665',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c665;
$custom-light: #f0d793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c665",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83376,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C665

secondary

#3C59B2

accent

#41D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C665

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

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