#E5CB56#E5CB56

#E5CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.138 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB56
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.86, -4.28, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.86, 60.19, 94.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0162 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.138 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3512, 60.0444, 17.4765)
Luminance	0.6004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB56 #5670E5

analogous

#E58456 #E5CB56 #B8E556

triadic

#E5CB56 #56E5CB #CB56E5

tetradic

#E5CB56 #56E584 #5670E5 #E556B8

square

#E5CB56 #56E584 #5670E5 #E556B8

split-complementary

#E5CB56 #56B8E5 #8456E5

monochromatic

#A78D1A #DCBA22 #E5CB56 #EDDB8B #F5ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E5CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB56

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB56	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)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.138 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8a',
    500: '#e5cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb56;
$custom-light: #f0da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84222,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB56

secondary

#364BA9

accent

#34D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB56

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

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