#E5CC55#E5CC55

#E5CC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC55
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -4.85, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 60.93, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.018 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5481, 60.5022, 17.3447)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC55 #556EE5

analogous

#E58455 #E5CC55 #B6E555

triadic

#E5CC55 #55E5CC #CC55E5

tetradic

#E5CC55 #55E584 #556EE5 #E555B6

square

#E5CC55 #55E584 #556EE5 #E555B6

split-complementary

#E5CC55 #55B6E5 #8455E5

monochromatic

#A68E19 #DBBB22 #E5CC55 #EDDC8A #F5ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E5CC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC55

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC55	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8a',
    500: '#e5cc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc55;
$custom-light: #f0db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84415,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC55

secondary

#364AA8

accent

#32D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC55

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

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