#E5CB59#E5CB59

#E5CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB59
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -4.08, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 58.89, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0153 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.4746, 60.0938, 18.1265)
Luminance	0.6009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB59 #5973E5

analogous

#E58559 #E5CB59 #B9E559

triadic

#E5CB59 #59E5CB #CB59E5

tetradic

#E5CB59 #59E585 #5973E5 #E559B9

square

#E5CB59 #59E585 #5973E5 #E559B9

split-complementary

#E5CB59 #59B9E5 #8559E5

monochromatic

#A98F1A #DDBA24 #E5CB59 #EDDC8E #F6ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E5CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB59

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB59	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8c',
    500: '#e5cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb59;
$custom-light: #f0da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84252,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB59

secondary

#374DAB

accent

#35D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB59

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

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