#E5CC61#E5CC61

#E5CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.130 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC61
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -4.04, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 55.67, 94.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.0143 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.13 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.0659, 60.7093, 20.0718)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC61 #617AE5

analogous

#E58A61 #E5CC61 #BCE561

triadic

#E5CC61 #61E5CC #CC61E5

tetradic

#E5CC61 #61E58A #617AE5 #E561BC

square

#E5CC61 #61E58A #617AE5 #E561BC

split-complementary

#E5CC61 #61BCE5 #8A61E5

monochromatic

#AF931D #DCBB2C #E5CC61 #EEDD96 #F6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E5CC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC61

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC61	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)

#DEC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.130 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db91',
    500: '#e5cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc61;
$custom-light: #f0db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8454,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC61

secondary

#3A51B0

accent

#36D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC61

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

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