#E5C666#E5C666

#E5C666 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.121 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C666
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 102)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -0.57, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 51.48, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0037 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.121 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9077, 58.0082, 20.8723)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C666 #6685E5

analogous

#E58666 #E5C666 #C5E566

triadic

#E5C666 #66E5C6 #C666E5

tetradic

#E5C666 #66E586 #6685E5 #E566C5

square

#E5C666 #66E586 #6685E5 #E566C5

split-complementary

#E5C666 #66C5E5 #8666E5

monochromatic

#B28E1E #DCB332 #E5C666 #EED99A #F7EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E5C666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C666

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C666	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)

#D8C35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.121 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d794',
    500: '#e5c666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c666;
$custom-light: #f0d794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83388,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C666

secondary

#3C59B3

accent

#42D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C666

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

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