#E5CA4F#E5CA4F

#E5CA4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA4F
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -4.19, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 62.82, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0168 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8474, 59.4663, 15.9848)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA4F #4F6AE5

analogous

#E57F4F #E5CA4F #B5E54F

triadic

#E5CA4F #4FE5CA #CA4FE5

tetradic

#E5CA4F #4FE57F #4F6AE5 #E54FB5

square

#E5CA4F #4FE57F #4F6AE5 #E54FB5

split-complementary

#E5CA4F #4FB5E5 #7F4FE5

monochromatic

#A28918 #D7B620 #E5CA4F #EDDA84 #F5EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5CA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E5CA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA4F

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA4F	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)

#DDC640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d986',
    500: '#e5ca4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca4f;
$custom-light: #f1d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83954,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA4F

secondary

#3448A4

accent

#33D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA4F

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

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