#E5CC5D#E5CC5D

#E5CC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.133 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC5D
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -4.33, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 57.46, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.0156 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.133 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8840, 60.6366, 19.1142)
Luminance	0.6063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC5D #5D76E5

analogous

#E5885D #E5CC5D #BAE55D

triadic

#E5CC5D #5DE5CC #CC5DE5

tetradic

#E5CC5D #5DE588 #5D76E5 #E55DBA

square

#E5CC5D #5DE588 #5D76E5 #E55DBA

split-complementary

#E5CC5D #5DBAE5 #885DE5

monochromatic

#AC911C #DDBB28 #E5CC5D #EDDD92 #F6EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E5CC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC5D

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC5D	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.133 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8f',
    500: '#e5cc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc5d;
$custom-light: #f0db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84496,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC5D

secondary

#394EAD

accent

#35D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC5D

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

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