#E5C867#E5C867
#E5C867 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5C867 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 200, 103) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 71%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 55%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 55%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.26, -1.53, 51.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.26, 51.64, 91.70°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.8% -0.0063 0.1212) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.8% 0.121 93) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.4177, 58.9485, 21.2885) |
| Luminance | 0.5895 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 2.33
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.14
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.16
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.36
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.97
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5C867 #6784E5
analogous
#E58967 #E5C867 #C3E567
triadic
#E5C867 #67E5C8 #C867E5
tetradic
#E5C867 #67E589 #6784E5 #E567C3
square
#E5C867 #67E589 #6784E5 #E567C3
split-complementary
#E5C867 #67C3E5 #8967E5
monochromatic
#B3911F #DCB533 #E5C867 #EEDB9B #F7EED0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.64
#E5C867 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.79
#E5C867 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5C867
12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5C867 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5C867 | 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)
#DAC55E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CE6B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5BBB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5c867; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 103); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.121 93.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d895',
500: '#e5c867',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5c867; $custom-light: #f0d895; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5c867",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 200,
"b": 103
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.19,
"s": 70.787,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83802,
"c": 0.12134,
"h": 93
},
"luminance": 0.58946
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5C867
secondary
#3D58B4
accent
#3FD313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F