#E5CB5C#E5CB5C

#E5CB5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.133 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB5C
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -3.88, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 57.58, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.0144 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.133 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6031, 60.1452, 18.8035)
Luminance	0.6014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB5C #5C76E5

analogous

#E5865C #E5CB5C #BBE55C

triadic

#E5CB5C #5CE5CB #CB5CE5

tetradic

#E5CB5C #5CE586 #5C76E5 #E55CBB

square

#E5CB5C #5CE586 #5C76E5 #E55CBB

split-complementary

#E5CB5C #5CBBE5 #865CE5

monochromatic

#AB901B #DDBA27 #E5CB5C #EDDC91 #F6EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E5CB5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB5C

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB5C	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.133 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da8e',
    500: '#e5cb5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb5c;
$custom-light: #f0da8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84283,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB5C

secondary

#384FAD

accent

#36D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB5C

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

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