#E5CA5B#E5CA5B

#E5CA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.133 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA5B
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -3.44, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 57.70, 93.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0132 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.133 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3243, 59.6570, 18.4963)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA5B #5B76E5

analogous

#E5855B #E5CA5B #BBE55B

triadic

#E5CA5B #5BE5CA #CA5BE5

tetradic

#E5CA5B #5BE585 #5B76E5 #E55BBB

square

#E5CA5B #5BE585 #5B76E5 #E55BBB

split-complementary

#E5CA5B #5BBBE5 #855BE5

monochromatic

#AB8E1B #DDB926 #E5CA5B #EDDB90 #F6ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E5CA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA5B

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA5B	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.133 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98d',
    500: '#e5ca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca5b;
$custom-light: #f0d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84069,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA5B

secondary

#384FAC

accent

#37D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA5B

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

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