#E5CC78#E5CC78

#E5CC78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.108 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC78
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 47.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -2.13, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 44.89, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0062 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.108 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2979, 61.2022, 26.5607)
Luminance	0.6120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC78 #7891E5

analogous

#E59578 #E5CC78 #C7E578

triadic

#E5CC78 #78E5CC #CC78E5

tetradic

#E5CC78 #78E595 #7891E5 #E578C7

square

#E5CC78 #78E595 #7891E5 #E578C7

split-complementary

#E5CC78 #78C7E5 #9578E5

monochromatic

#BE9B25 #DBB945 #E5CC78 #EFDFAB #F9F3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E5CC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC78

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC78	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC971

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.108 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdba0',
    500: '#e5cc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc78;
$custom-light: #efdba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.239,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84835,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC78

secondary

#4560BD

accent

#40D016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC78

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

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