#E5CA56#E5CA56

#E5CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.137 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA56
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -3.77, 59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 59.88, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0148 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.137 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1158, 59.5736, 17.3980)
Luminance	0.5957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA56 #5671E5

analogous

#E58356 #E5CA56 #B9E556

triadic

#E5CA56 #56E5CA #CA56E5

tetradic

#E5CA56 #56E583 #5671E5 #E556B9

square

#E5CA56 #56E583 #5671E5 #E556B9

split-complementary

#E5CA56 #56B9E5 #8356E5

monochromatic

#A78C1A #DCB922 #E5CA56 #EDDB8B #F5EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#E5CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA56

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA56	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.137 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98a',
    500: '#e5ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca56;
$custom-light: #f0d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84019,
    "c": 0.1374,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA56

secondary

#364CA9

accent

#35D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA56

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

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