#E5CC5A#E5CC5A

#E5CC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC5A
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -4.53, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 58.78, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0165 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(55.7538, 60.5845, 18.4281)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC5A #5A73E5

analogous

#E5875A #E5CC5A #B8E55A

triadic

#E5CC5A #5AE5CC #CC5AE5

tetradic

#E5CC5A #5AE587 #5A73E5 #E55AB8

square

#E5CC5A #5AE587 #5A73E5 #E55AB8

split-complementary

#E5CC5A #5AB8E5 #875AE5

monochromatic

#AA901B #DDBC25 #E5CC5A #EDDC8F #F6EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E5CC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC5A

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC5A	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8d',
    500: '#e5cc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc5a;
$custom-light: #f0db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84465,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.60582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC5A

secondary

#384DAB

accent

#34D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC5A

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

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