#E5CB5A#E5CB5A

#E5CB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB5A
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -4.02, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 58.46, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.015 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5169, 60.1107, 18.3491)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB5A #5A74E5

analogous

#E5855A #E5CB5A #B9E55A

triadic

#E5CB5A #5AE5CB #CB5AE5

tetradic

#E5CB5A #5AE585 #5A74E5 #E55AB9

square

#E5CB5A #5AE585 #5A74E5 #E55AB9

split-complementary

#E5CB5A #5AB9E5 #855AE5

monochromatic

#AA8F1B #DDBA25 #E5CB5A #EDDC8F #F6ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E5CB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB5A

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB5A	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)

#DEC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8d',
    500: '#e5cb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb5a;
$custom-light: #f0da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84262,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB5A

secondary

#384DAB

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB5A

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

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