#E5CC56#E5CC56

#E5CC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC56
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -4.79, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 60.51, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0177 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.5881, 60.5182, 17.5555)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC56 #566FE5

analogous

#E58456 #E5CC56 #B7E556

triadic

#E5CC56 #56E5CC #CC56E5

tetradic

#E5CC56 #56E584 #566FE5 #E556B7

square

#E5CC56 #56E584 #566FE5 #E556B7

split-complementary

#E5CC56 #56B7E5 #8456E5

monochromatic

#A78E1A #DCBB22 #E5CC56 #EDDC8B #F5ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E5CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC56

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC56	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)

#DFC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8a',
    500: '#e5cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc56;
$custom-light: #f0db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84425,
    "c": 0.13892,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC56

secondary

#364AA9

accent

#33D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC56

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

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