#E5CC5C#E5CC5C

#E5CC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC5C
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -4.39, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 57.90, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0159 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8400, 60.6190, 18.8825)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC5C #5C75E5

analogous

#E5875C #E5CC5C #B9E55C

triadic

#E5CC5C #5CE5CC #CC5CE5

tetradic

#E5CC5C #5CE587 #5C75E5 #E55CB9

square

#E5CC5C #5CE587 #5C75E5 #E55CB9

split-complementary

#E5CC5C #5CB9E5 #875CE5

monochromatic

#AB911B #DDBB27 #E5CC5C #EDDD91 #F6EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E5CC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC5C

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC5C	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)

#DEC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8e',
    500: '#e5cc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc5c;
$custom-light: #f0db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84486,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC5C

secondary

#384EAD

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC5C

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

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