#E5CC6E#E5CC6E
#E5CC6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.118 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5CC6E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 204, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 70%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 52%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.36, -3.02, 49.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.36, 49.67, 93.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.7% -0.0099 0.1174) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.7% 0.118 94.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7224, 60.9720, 23.5298) |
| Luminance | 0.6097 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.62
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.25
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.29
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.34
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.67
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5CC6E #6E87E5
analogous
#E5916E #E5CC6E #C3E56E
triadic
#E5CC6E #6EE5CC #CC6EE5
tetradic
#E5CC6E #6EE591 #6E87E5 #E56EC3
square
#E5CC6E #6EE591 #6E87E5 #E56EC3
split-complementary
#E5CC6E #6EC3E5 #916EE5
monochromatic
#B89821 #DCBA3A #E5CC6E #EEDEA2 #F8F1D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.59
#E5CC6E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.19
#E5CC6E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5CC6E
13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5CC6E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5CC6E | 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)
#DDC866
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D072
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5BFB6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5cc6e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.118 94.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdb9a',
500: '#e5cc6e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5cc6e; $custom-light: #efdb9a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5cc6e",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 204,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.395,
"s": 69.591,
"l": 66.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84697,
"c": 0.11779,
"h": 94.8
},
"luminance": 0.6097
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5CC6E
secondary
#3F59B8
accent
#3CD214
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F