#E5CA5C#E5CA5C

#E5CA5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.132 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA5C
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -3.37, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 57.26, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0129 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.132 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.3677, 59.6744, 18.7250)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA5C #5C77E5

analogous

#E5855C #E5CA5C #BCE55C

triadic

#E5CA5C #5CE5CA #CA5CE5

tetradic

#E5CA5C #5CE585 #5C77E5 #E55CBC

square

#E5CA5C #5CE585 #5C77E5 #E55CBC

split-complementary

#E5CA5C #5CBCE5 #855CE5

monochromatic

#AB8F1B #DDB927 #E5CA5C #EDDB91 #F6ECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E5CA5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA5C

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA5C	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)

#DCC650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.132 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98e',
    500: '#e5ca5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca5c;
$custom-light: #f0d98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.175,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8408,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA5C

secondary

#384FAD

accent

#37D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA5C

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

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