#E5CA61#E5CA61

#E5CA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.128 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA61
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -3.01, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 55.02, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0113 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.128 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.5936, 59.7647, 19.9144)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA61 #617CE5

analogous

#E58861 #E5CA61 #BEE561

triadic

#E5CA61 #61E5CA #CA61E5

tetradic

#E5CA61 #61E588 #617CE5 #E561BE

square

#E5CA61 #61E588 #617CE5 #E561BE

split-complementary

#E5CA61 #61BEE5 #8861E5

monochromatic

#AF911D #DCB82C #E5CA61 #EEDC96 #F6EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E5CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA61

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA61	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)

#DCC657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.128 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d991',
    500: '#e5ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca61;
$custom-light: #f0d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84135,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA61

secondary

#3A52B0

accent

#39D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA61

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

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