#E5CC66#E5CC66

#E5CC66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.125 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC66
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 102)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, -3.67, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 53.39, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0126 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.125 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3064, 60.8055, 21.3386)
Luminance	0.6080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC66 #667FE5

analogous

#E58D66 #E5CC66 #BFE566

triadic

#E5CC66 #66E5CC #CC66E5

tetradic

#E5CC66 #66E58D #667FE5 #E566BF

square

#E5CC66 #66E58D #667FE5 #E566BF

split-complementary

#E5CC66 #66BFE5 #8D66E5

monochromatic

#B2951E #DCBB32 #E5CC66 #EEDD9A #F7EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E5CC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC66

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC66	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)

#DEC85C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.125 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db94',
    500: '#e5cc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc66;
$custom-light: #f0db94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84598,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC66

secondary

#3C54B3

accent

#38D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC66

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

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