#E5CA60#E5CA60

#E5CA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.129 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA60
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -3.09, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 55.47, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0116 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.129 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.5472, 59.7462, 19.6704)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA60 #607BE5

analogous

#E58760 #E5CA60 #BDE560

triadic

#E5CA60 #60E5CA #CA60E5

tetradic

#E5CA60 #60E587 #607BE5 #E560BD

square

#E5CA60 #60E587 #607BE5 #E560BD

split-complementary

#E5CA60 #60BDE5 #8760E5

monochromatic

#AE911C #DCB82B #E5CA60 #EEDC95 #F6EDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E5CA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA60

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA60	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.129 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d990',
    500: '#e5ca60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca60;
$custom-light: #f0d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84124,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA60

secondary

#3A52AF

accent

#39D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA60

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

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