#E5CB6D#E5CB6D
#E5CB6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.118 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5CB6D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 203, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 52.4%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.10, -2.59, 49.74) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.10, 49.80, 92.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.48% -0.0087 0.1177) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.48% 0.118 94.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.4314, 60.4765, 23.1657) |
| Luminance | 0.6047 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.61
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.50
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.28
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.46
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.57
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5CB6D #6D87E5
analogous
#E58F6D #E5CB6D #C3E56D
triadic
#E5CB6D #6DE5CB #CB6DE5
tetradic
#E5CB6D #6DE58F #6D87E5 #E56DC3
square
#E5CB6D #6DE58F #6D87E5 #E56DC3
split-complementary
#E5CB6D #6DC3E5 #8F6DE5
monochromatic
#B79621 #DCB839 #E5CB6D #EEDEA1 #F8F0D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E5CB6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.09
#E5CB6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5CB6D
13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5CB6D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5CB6D | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.09 | 13.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC865
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D071
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5BEB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5cb6d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 203, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.118 94.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0da99',
500: '#e5cb6d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5cb6d; $custom-light: #f0da99; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5cb6d",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 203,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47,
"s": 69.767,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84482,
"c": 0.11797,
"h": 94.2
},
"luminance": 0.60474
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5CB6D
secondary
#3F59B7
accent
#3DD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F