#E5CC60#E5CC60

#E5CC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.131 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC60
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -4.11, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 56.12, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0146 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.131 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0195, 60.6908, 19.8278)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC60 #6079E5

analogous

#E58960 #E5CC60 #BBE560

triadic

#E5CC60 #60E5CC #CC60E5

tetradic

#E5CC60 #60E589 #6079E5 #E560BB

square

#E5CC60 #60E589 #6079E5 #E560BB

split-complementary

#E5CC60 #60BBE5 #8960E5

monochromatic

#AE931C #DCBB2B #E5CC60 #EEDD95 #F6EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E5CC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC60

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC60	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC855

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.131 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db91',
    500: '#e5cc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc60;
$custom-light: #f0db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.722,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84529,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC60

secondary

#3A50AF

accent

#36D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC60

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

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