#E5CA66#E5CA66

#E5CA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.124 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA66
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -2.64, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 52.74, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0097 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.124 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.8341, 59.8609, 21.1811)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA66 #6681E5

analogous

#E58A66 #E5CA66 #C1E566

triadic

#E5CA66 #66E5CA #CA66E5

tetradic

#E5CA66 #66E58A #6681E5 #E566C1

square

#E5CA66 #66E58A #6681E5 #E566C1

split-complementary

#E5CA66 #66C1E5 #8A66E5

monochromatic

#B2931E #DCB832 #E5CA66 #EEDC9A #F7EECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E5CA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA66

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA66	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)

#DCC65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.124 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d994',
    500: '#e5ca66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca66;
$custom-light: #f0d994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84193,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA66

secondary

#3C55B3

accent

#3BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA66

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

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