#E5CC57#E5CC57

#E5CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC57
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -4.73, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 60.08, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0174 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6286, 60.5345, 17.7691)
Luminance	0.6053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC57 #5770E5

analogous

#E58557 #E5CC57 #B7E557

triadic

#E5CC57 #57E5CC #CC57E5

tetradic

#E5CC57 #57E585 #5770E5 #E557B7

square

#E5CC57 #57E585 #5770E5 #E557B7

split-complementary

#E5CC57 #57B7E5 #8557E5

monochromatic

#A88F1A #DDBC22 #E5CC57 #EDDC8C #F5ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E5CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC57

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC57	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8b',
    500: '#e5cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc57;
$custom-light: #f0db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84435,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC57

secondary

#374BAA

accent

#33D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC57

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

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