#E5CB66#E5CB66

#E5CB66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.125 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CB66
RGB	rgb(229, 203, 102)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -3.15, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 53.06, 93.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0111 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.125 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0695, 60.3317, 21.2596)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CB66 #6680E5

analogous

#E58C66 #E5CB66 #BFE566

triadic

#E5CB66 #66E5CB #CB66E5

tetradic

#E5CB66 #66E58C #6680E5 #E566BF

square

#E5CB66 #66E58C #6680E5 #E566BF

split-complementary

#E5CB66 #66BFE5 #8C66E5

monochromatic

#B2941E #DCB932 #E5CB66 #EEDD9A #F7EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E5CB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#E5CB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CB66

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CB66	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.125 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0da94',
    500: '#e5cb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cb66;
$custom-light: #f0da94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84395,
    "c": 0.12451,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CB66

secondary

#3C55B3

accent

#3AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CB66

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

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