#E5CA4B#E5CA4B

#E5CA4B 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	#E5CA4B
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -4.42, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 64.44, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0179 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.146 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7062, 59.4098, 15.2409)
Luminance	0.5941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA4B #4B66E5

analogous

#E57D4B #E5CA4B #B3E54B

triadic

#E5CA4B #4BE5CA #CA4BE5

tetradic

#E5CA4B #4BE57D #4B66E5 #E54BB3

square

#E5CA4B #4BE57D #4B66E5 #E54BB3

split-complementary

#E5CA4B #4BB3E5 #7D4BE5

monochromatic

#9F8717 #D4B41F #E5CA4B #EDDA80 #F4E9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5CA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E5CA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA4B

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA4B	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)

#DDC53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.146 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d984',
    500: '#e5ca4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca4b;
$custom-light: #f1d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.481,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83919,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA4B

secondary

#3346A2

accent

#57F136

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA4B

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

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