#E5CB52#E5CB52

#E5CB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.141 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB52
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.83, -4.53, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.83, 61.88, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0174 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.141 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1945, 59.9817, 16.6514)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB52 #526CE5

analogous

#E58152 #E5CB52 #B5E552

triadic

#E5CB52 #52E5CB #CB52E5

tetradic

#E5CB52 #52E581 #526CE5 #E552B5

square

#E5CB52 #52E581 #526CE5 #E552B5

split-complementary

#E5CB52 #52B5E5 #8152E5

monochromatic

#A48B19 #D9B921 #E5CB52 #EDDB87 #F5EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E5CB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E5CB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB52

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB52	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)

#DEC644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.141 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da88',
    500: '#e5cb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb52;
$custom-light: #f1da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84184,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB52

secondary

#3549A6

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB52

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

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