#E5CC65#E5CC65

#E5CC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.126 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC65
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 101)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -3.74, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 53.85, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.013 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.126 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.2571, 60.7858, 21.0789)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC65 #657EE5

analogous

#E58C65 #E5CC65 #BEE565

triadic

#E5CC65 #65E5CC #CC65E5

tetradic

#E5CC65 #65E58C #657EE5 #E565BE

square

#E5CC65 #65E58C #657EE5 #E565BE

split-complementary

#E5CC65 #65BEE5 #8C65E5

monochromatic

#B2951E #DCBB31 #E5CC65 #EEDD99 #F7EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E5CC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC65

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC65	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC85B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.126 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db94',
    500: '#e5cc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc65;
$custom-light: #f0db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84586,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC65

secondary

#3C53B2

accent

#38D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC65

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

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