#E5CC6D#E5CC6D

#E5CC6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.119 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC6D
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -3.10, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 50.14, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0102 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.119 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6683, 60.9503, 23.2447)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC6D #6D86E5

analogous

#E5906D #E5CC6D #C2E56D

triadic

#E5CC6D #6DE5CC #CC6DE5

tetradic

#E5CC6D #6DE590 #6D86E5 #E56DC2

square

#E5CC6D #6DE590 #6D86E5 #E56DC2

split-complementary

#E5CC6D #6DC2E5 #906DE5

monochromatic

#B79821 #DCBA39 #E5CC6D #EEDEA1 #F8F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E5CC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC6D

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC6D	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC864

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D071

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.119 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db99',
    500: '#e5cc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc6d;
$custom-light: #f0db99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84684,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC6D

secondary

#3F58B7

accent

#3BD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC6D

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

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