#E5C668#E5C668

#E5C668 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.119 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C668
RGB	rgb(229, 198, 104)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -0.42, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 50.55, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.003 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.119 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0081, 58.0483, 21.4010)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C668 #6887E5

analogous

#E58768 #E5C668 #C5E568

triadic

#E5C668 #68E5C6 #C668E5

tetradic

#E5C668 #68E587 #6887E5 #E568C5

square

#E5C668 #68E587 #6887E5 #E568C5

split-complementary

#E5C668 #68C5E5 #8768E5

monochromatic

#B48F1F #DCB234 #E5C668 #EEDA9C #F7EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E5C668 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E5C668 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C668

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C668	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C668	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c668;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 198, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.119 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d795',
    500: '#e5c668',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c668;
$custom-light: #f0d795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c668",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83413,
    "c": 0.119,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C668

secondary

#3D5BB4

accent

#42D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C668

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

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