#E5CB61#E5CB61

#E5CB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.129 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB61
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -3.53, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 55.34, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0128 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.129 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8289, 60.2355, 19.9928)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB61 #617BE5

analogous

#E58961 #E5CB61 #BDE561

triadic

#E5CB61 #61E5CB #CB61E5

tetradic

#E5CB61 #61E589 #617BE5 #E561BD

square

#E5CB61 #61E589 #617BE5 #E561BD

split-complementary

#E5CB61 #61BDE5 #8961E5

monochromatic

#AF921D #DCBA2C #E5CB61 #EEDC96 #F6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E5CB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB61

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB61	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.129 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da91',
    500: '#e5cb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb61;
$custom-light: #f0da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84337,
    "c": 0.12897,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB61

secondary

#3A51B0

accent

#38D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB61

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

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