#E5CC79#E5CC79

#E5CC79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.107 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CC79
RGB	rgb(229, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -2.04, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 44.41, 92.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0059 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.107 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3589, 61.2266, 26.8820)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CC79 #7992E5

analogous

#E59679 #E5CC79 #C8E579

triadic

#E5CC79 #79E5CC #CC79E5

tetradic

#E5CC79 #79E596 #7992E5 #E579C8

square

#E5CC79 #79E596 #7992E5 #E579C8

split-complementary

#E5CC79 #79C8E5 #9679E5

monochromatic

#BF9B25 #DBB846 #E5CC79 #EFE0AC #F9F3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E5CC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CC79

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CC79	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)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.107 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdba1',
    500: '#e5cc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cc79;
$custom-light: #efdba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8485,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CC79

secondary

#4661BD

accent

#41CF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CC79

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

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