#E5CA6D#E5CA6D

#E5CA6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.117 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA6D
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 109)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -2.07, 49.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 49.47, 92.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0072 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.117 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.1960, 60.0057, 23.0872)
Luminance	0.6000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA6D #6D88E5

analogous

#E58E6D #E5CA6D #C4E56D

triadic

#E5CA6D #6DE5CA #CA6DE5

tetradic

#E5CA6D #6DE58E #6D88E5 #E56DC4

square

#E5CA6D #6DE58E #6D88E5 #E56DC4

split-complementary

#E5CA6D #6DC4E5 #8E6DE5

monochromatic

#B79521 #DCB739 #E5CA6D #EEDDA1 #F8F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E5CA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA6D

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA6D	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.117 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d999',
    500: '#e5ca6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca6d;
$custom-light: #f0d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84281,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA6D

secondary

#3F5AB7

accent

#3ED214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA6D

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

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