#E5CA74#E5CA74

#E5CA74 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.110 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA74
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 49.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -1.47, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 46.15, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% -0.0047 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.11 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5879, 60.1625, 25.1514)
Luminance	0.6016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA74 #748FE5

analogous

#E59274 #E5CA74 #C7E574

triadic

#E5CA74 #74E5CA #CA74E5

tetradic

#E5CA74 #74E592 #748FE5 #E574C7

square

#E5CA74 #74E592 #748FE5 #E574C7

split-complementary

#E5CA74 #74C7E5 #9274E5

monochromatic

#BC9723 #DBB640 #E5CA74 #EFDEA8 #F8F1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E5CA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA74

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA74	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.110 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd99e',
    500: '#e5ca74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca74;
$custom-light: #efd99e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.664,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84376,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA74

secondary

#425FBB

accent

#42D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA74

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

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