#E5CA4A#E5CA4A

#E5CA4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.146 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA4A
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -4.47, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 64.84, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0182 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.146 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.6722, 59.3962, 15.0621)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA4A #4A65E5

analogous

#E57C4A #E5CA4A #B3E54A

triadic

#E5CA4A #4AE5CA #CA4AE5

tetradic

#E5CA4A #4AE57C #4A65E5 #E54AB3

square

#E5CA4A #4AE57C #4A65E5 #E54AB3

split-complementary

#E5CA4A #4AB3E5 #7C4AE5

monochromatic

#9E8617 #D3B41E #E5CA4A #EDDA80 #F4E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5CA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E5CA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA4A

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA4A	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.146 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d983',
    500: '#e5ca4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca4a;
$custom-light: #f1d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83911,
    "c": 0.14633,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA4A

secondary

#3246A1

accent

#57F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA4A

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

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