#E5CC5E#E5CC5E

#E5CC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.132 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC5E
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, -4.26, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 57.01, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0152 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.132 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9286, 60.6544, 19.3490)
Luminance	0.6065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC5E #5E77E5

analogous

#E5885E #E5CC5E #BAE55E

triadic

#E5CC5E #5EE5CC #CC5EE5

tetradic

#E5CC5E #5EE588 #5E77E5 #E55EBA

square

#E5CC5E #5EE588 #5E77E5 #E55EBA

split-complementary

#E5CC5E #5EBAE5 #885EE5

monochromatic

#AD921C #DCBB29 #E5CC5E #EEDD93 #F6EDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#E5CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC5E

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC5E	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)

#DEC853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.132 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8f',
    500: '#e5cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc5e;
$custom-light: #f0db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84507,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC5E

secondary

#394FAE

accent

#35D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC5E

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

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