#E5CB5B#E5CB5B

#E5CB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB5B
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.91, -3.95, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.91, 58.02, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0147 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5597, 60.1278, 18.5748)
Luminance	0.6012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB5B #5B75E5

analogous

#E5865B #E5CB5B #BAE55B

triadic

#E5CB5B #5BE5CB #CB5BE5

tetradic

#E5CB5B #5BE586 #5B75E5 #E55BBA

square

#E5CB5B #5BE586 #5B75E5 #E55BBA

split-complementary

#E5CB5B #5BBAE5 #865BE5

monochromatic

#AB901B #DDBA26 #E5CB5B #EDDC90 #F6ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E5CB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB5B

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB5B	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)

#DDC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8d',
    500: '#e5cb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb5b;
$custom-light: #f0da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84272,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB5B

secondary

#384EAC

accent

#36D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB5B

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

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