#E5CB4C#E5CB4C

#E5CB4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.146 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB4C
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -4.87, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 64.34, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0191 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.146 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9761, 59.8944, 15.5011)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB4C #4C66E5

analogous

#E57F4C #E5CB4C #B2E54C

triadic

#E5CB4C #4CE5CB #CB4CE5

tetradic

#E5CB4C #4CE57F #4C66E5 #E54CB2

square

#E5CB4C #4CE57F #4C66E5 #E54CB2

split-complementary

#E5CB4C #4CB2E5 #7F4CE5

monochromatic

#9F8817 #D5B61F #E5CB4C #EDDB81 #F5EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E5CB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB4C

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB4C	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.146 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da84',
    500: '#e5cb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb4c;
$custom-light: #f1da84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.804,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84131,
    "c": 0.14567,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB4C

secondary

#3346A2

accent

#56F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB4C

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

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