#E5CA5D#E5CA5D

#E5CA5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.132 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA5D
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 93)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -3.30, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 56.82, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0126 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.132 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4117, 59.6920, 18.9568)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA5D #5D78E5

analogous

#E5865D #E5CA5D #BCE55D

triadic

#E5CA5D #5DE5CA #CA5DE5

tetradic

#E5CA5D #5DE586 #5D78E5 #E55DBC

square

#E5CA5D #5DE586 #5D78E5 #E55DBC

split-complementary

#E5CA5D #5DBCE5 #865DE5

monochromatic

#AC8F1C #DDB928 #E5CA5D #EDDB92 #F6EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E5CA5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA5D

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA5D	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.132 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d98f',
    500: '#e5ca5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca5d;
$custom-light: #f0d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84091,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA5D

secondary

#3950AD

accent

#38D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA5D

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

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