#E5CA57#E5CA57

#E5CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA57
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -3.70, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 59.45, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.0145 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1563, 59.5898, 17.6117)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA57 #5772E5

analogous

#E58357 #E5CA57 #B9E557

triadic

#E5CA57 #57E5CA #CA57E5

tetradic

#E5CA57 #57E583 #5772E5 #E557B9

square

#E5CA57 #57E583 #5772E5 #E557B9

split-complementary

#E5CA57 #57B9E5 #8357E5

monochromatic

#A88D1A #DDB922 #E5CA57 #EDDB8C #F5EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E5CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E5CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA57

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA57	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98b',
    500: '#e5ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca57;
$custom-light: #f0d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84029,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA57

secondary

#374DAA

accent

#36D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA57

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

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