#E5C96D#E5C96D

#E5C96D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.116 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C96D
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -1.56, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 49.15, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0057 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.116 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9621, 59.5380, 23.0093)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C96D #6D89E5

analogous

#E58D6D #E5C96D #C5E56D

triadic

#E5C96D #6DE5C9 #C96DE5

tetradic

#E5C96D #6DE58D #6D89E5 #E56DC5

square

#E5C96D #6DE58D #6D89E5 #E56DC5

split-complementary

#E5C96D #6DC5E5 #8D6DE5

monochromatic

#B79421 #DCB639 #E5C96D #EEDCA1 #F8EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5C96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#E5C96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C96D

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C96D	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC665

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.116 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d999',
    500: '#e5c96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c96d;
$custom-light: #f0d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84079,
    "c": 0.11645,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C96D

secondary

#3F5BB7

accent

#40D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C96D

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

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