#E5C970#E5C970

#E5C970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.114 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5C970
RGB	rgb(229, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 51.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -1.30, 47.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 47.73, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0047 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.114 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1264, 59.6037, 23.8743)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5C970 #708CE5

analogous

#E58F70 #E5C970 #C7E570

triadic

#E5C970 #70E5C9 #C970E5

tetradic

#E5C970 #70E58F #708CE5 #E570C7

square

#E5C970 #70E58F #708CE5 #E570C7

split-complementary

#E5C970 #70C7E5 #8F70E5

monochromatic

#B99522 #DCB53C #E5C970 #EEDDA4 #F8F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5C970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E5C970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5C970

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5C970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5C970	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5c970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.114 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd99b',
    500: '#e5c970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5c970;
$custom-light: #efd99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5c970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84119,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5C970

secondary

#405DB9

accent

#42D114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5C970

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

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