#E5C76A#E5C76A
#E5C76A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.118 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C76A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 199, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 54%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 53.7%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.04, -0.77, 49.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.04, 49.93, 90.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.64% -0.0038 0.1178) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.64% 0.118 91.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.3402, 58.5481, 22.0188) |
| Luminance | 0.5855 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.14
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.60
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.60
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.68
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.12
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C76A #6A88E5
analogous
#E5896A #E5C76A #C5E56A
triadic
#E5C76A #6AE5C7 #C76AE5
tetradic
#E5C76A #6AE589 #6A88E5 #E56AC5
square
#E5C76A #6AE589 #6A88E5 #E56AC5
split-complementary
#E5C76A #6AC5E5 #896AE5
monochromatic
#B59120 #DCB336 #E5C76A #EEDB9E #F7EED2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#E5C76A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.71
#E5C76A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C76A
12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C76A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C76A | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.71 | 12.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C462
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CD6E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5BAB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c76a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 199, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.118 91.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d797',
500: '#e5c76a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c76a; $custom-light: #f0d797; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c76a",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 199,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.366,
"s": 70.286,
"l": 65.686
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83639,
"c": 0.11784,
"h": 91.8
},
"luminance": 0.58545
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C76A
secondary
#3E5BB5
accent
#42D213
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F