#E5CA79#E5CA79

#E5CA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.105 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CA79
RGB	rgb(229, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -1.01, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 43.74, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0029 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.105 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8866, 60.2820, 26.7246)
Luminance	0.6028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CA79 #7994E5

analogous

#E59479 #E5CA79 #CAE579

triadic

#E5CA79 #79E5CA #CA79E5

tetradic

#E5CA79 #79E594 #7994E5 #E579CA

square

#E5CA79 #79E594 #7994E5 #E579CA

split-complementary

#E5CA79 #79CAE5 #9479E5

monochromatic

#BF9825 #DBB646 #E5CA79 #EFDEAC #F9F3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E5CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CA79

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CA79	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.105 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efd9a1',
    500: '#e5ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ca79;
$custom-light: #efd9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84448,
    "c": 0.10533,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CA79

secondary

#4663BD

accent

#44CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CA79

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

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