#E5CA5F#E5CA5F

#E5CA5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.130 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA5F
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -3.16, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 55.92, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.012 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.13 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5015, 59.7279, 19.4294)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA5F #5F7AE5

analogous

#E5875F #E5CA5F #BDE55F

triadic

#E5CA5F #5FE5CA #CA5FE5

tetradic

#E5CA5F #5FE587 #5F7AE5 #E55FBD

square

#E5CA5F #5FE587 #5F7AE5 #E55FBD

split-complementary

#E5CA5F #5FBDE5 #875FE5

monochromatic

#AD901C #DCB92A #E5CA5F #EEDB94 #F6EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E5CA5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA5F

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA5F	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)

#DCC654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.130 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d990',
    500: '#e5ca5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca5f;
$custom-light: #f0d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.91,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84112,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA5F

secondary

#3A51AF

accent

#39D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA5F

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

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