#E5CC5B#E5CC5B

#E5CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC5B
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -4.46, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 58.34, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.0162 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7966, 60.6016, 18.6538)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC5B #5B74E5

analogous

#E5875B #E5CC5B #B9E55B

triadic

#E5CC5B #5BE5CC #CC5BE5

tetradic

#E5CC5B #5BE587 #5B74E5 #E55BB9

square

#E5CC5B #5BE587 #5B74E5 #E55BB9

split-complementary

#E5CC5B #5BB9E5 #875BE5

monochromatic

#AB911B #DDBC26 #E5CC5B #EDDC90 #F6EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E5CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC5B

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC5B	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)

#DEC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8d',
    500: '#e5cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc5b;
$custom-light: #f0db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84475,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC5B

secondary

#384DAC

accent

#34D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC5B

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

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