#E5C868#E5C868

#E5C868 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.120 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C868
RGB	rgb(229, 200, 104)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -1.45, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 51.17, 91.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.006 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.12 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4682, 58.9686, 21.5544)
Luminance	0.5897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C868 #6885E5

analogous

#E58968 #E5C868 #C3E568

triadic

#E5C868 #68E5C8 #C868E5

tetradic

#E5C868 #68E589 #6885E5 #E568C3

square

#E5C868 #68E589 #6885E5 #E568C3

split-complementary

#E5C868 #68C3E5 #8968E5

monochromatic

#B4911F #DCB534 #E5C868 #EEDB9C #F7EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E5C868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#E5C868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C868

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C868	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)

#DAC55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 200, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.120 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d895',
    500: '#e5c868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c868;
$custom-light: #f0d895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83815,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C868

secondary

#3D59B4

accent

#3FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C868

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

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