#E5CB57#E5CB57

#E5CB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.137 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB57
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -4.21, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 59.76, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.23% -0.0159 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.23% 0.137 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3917, 60.0606, 17.6902)
Luminance	0.6006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB57 #5771E5

analogous

#E58457 #E5CB57 #B8E557

triadic

#E5CB57 #57E5CB #CB57E5

tetradic

#E5CB57 #57E584 #5771E5 #E557B8

square

#E5CB57 #57E584 #5771E5 #E557B8

split-complementary

#E5CB57 #57B8E5 #8457E5

monochromatic

#A88E1A #DDBB22 #E5CB57 #EDDB8C #F5ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E5CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB57

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.137 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8b',
    500: '#e5cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb57;
$custom-light: #f0da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84232,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB57

secondary

#374CAA

accent

#34D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB57

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

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