#E5CB50#E5CB50

#E5CB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.143 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB50
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -4.65, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 62.71, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.018 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.143 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1195, 59.9517, 16.2564)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB50 #506AE5

analogous

#E58050 #E5CB50 #B4E550

triadic

#E5CB50 #50E5CB #CB50E5

tetradic

#E5CB50 #50E580 #506AE5 #E550B4

square

#E5CB50 #50E580 #506AE5 #E550B4

split-complementary

#E5CB50 #50B4E5 #8050E5

monochromatic

#A28A18 #D8B820 #E5CB50 #EDDB85 #F5EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E5CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB50

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB50	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.143 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da87',
    500: '#e5cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb50;
$custom-light: #f1da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.53,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84166,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB50

secondary

#3448A5

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB50

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

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