#E5CA65#E5CA65

#E5CA65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.125 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA65
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 101)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -2.72, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 53.20, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.01 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.125 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.7848, 59.8412, 20.9215)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA65 #6580E5

analogous

#E58A65 #E5CA65 #C0E565

triadic

#E5CA65 #65E5CA #CA65E5

tetradic

#E5CA65 #65E58A #6580E5 #E565C0

square

#E5CA65 #65E58A #6580E5 #E565C0

split-complementary

#E5CA65 #65C0E5 #8A65E5

monochromatic

#B2921E #DCB831 #E5CA65 #EEDC99 #F7EECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E5CA65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA65

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA65	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.125 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d994',
    500: '#e5ca65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca65;
$custom-light: #f0d994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84181,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA65

secondary

#3C55B2

accent

#3BD312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA65

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

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