#E5CB55#E5CB55

#E5CB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB55
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -4.34, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 60.62, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0165 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3112, 60.0284, 17.2658)
Luminance	0.6003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB55 #556FE5

analogous

#E58355 #E5CB55 #B7E555

triadic

#E5CB55 #55E5CB #CB55E5

tetradic

#E5CB55 #55E583 #556FE5 #E555B7

square

#E5CB55 #55E583 #556FE5 #E555B7

split-complementary

#E5CB55 #55B7E5 #8355E5

monochromatic

#A68D19 #DBBA22 #E5CB55 #EDDB8A #F5EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E5CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB55

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB55	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8a',
    500: '#e5cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb55;
$custom-light: #f0da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84212,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB55

secondary

#364BA8

accent

#34D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB55

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

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