#E5CC52#E5CC52

#E5CC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC52
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -5.04, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 62.20, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.0189 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4314, 60.4556, 16.7303)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC52 #526BE5

analogous

#E58252 #E5CC52 #B4E552

triadic

#E5CC52 #52E5CC #CC52E5

tetradic

#E5CC52 #52E582 #526BE5 #E552B4

square

#E5CC52 #52E582 #526BE5 #E552B4

split-complementary

#E5CC52 #52B4E5 #8252E5

monochromatic

#A48C19 #D9BA21 #E5CC52 #EDDC87 #F5EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#E5CC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC52

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC52	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)

#DFC743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db88',
    500: '#e5cc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc52;
$custom-light: #f1db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84387,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC52

secondary

#3548A6

accent

#31D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC52

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

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