#E5CA4E#E5CA4E

#E5CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA4E
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -4.25, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 63.23, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0171 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8113, 59.4518, 15.7945)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA4E #4E69E5

analogous

#E57F4E #E5CA4E #B4E54E

triadic

#E5CA4E #4EE5CA #CA4EE5

tetradic

#E5CA4E #4EE57F #4E69E5 #E54EB4

square

#E5CA4E #4EE57F #4E69E5 #E54EB4

split-complementary

#E5CA4E #4EB4E5 #7F4EE5

monochromatic

#A18818 #D6B61F #E5CA4E #EDDA83 #F5EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E5CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA4E

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA4E	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d985',
    500: '#e5ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca4e;
$custom-light: #f1d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83945,
    "c": 0.14349,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA4E

secondary

#3448A4

accent

#33D70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA4E

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

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