#E5C866#E5C866

#E5C866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.122 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C866
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -1.61, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 52.10, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0067 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.122 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.3679, 58.9285, 21.0257)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C866 #6683E5

analogous

#E58866 #E5C866 #C3E566

triadic

#E5C866 #66E5C8 #C866E5

tetradic

#E5C866 #66E588 #6683E5 #E566C3

square

#E5C866 #66E588 #6683E5 #E566C3

split-complementary

#E5C866 #66C3E5 #8866E5

monochromatic

#B2911E #DCB532 #E5C866 #EEDB9A #F7EECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E5C866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C866

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C866	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.122 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d894',
    500: '#e5c866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c866;
$custom-light: #f0d894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8379,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C866

secondary

#3C57B3

accent

#3ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C866

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

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