#E5CE42#E5CE42

#E5CE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.155 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE42
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 71.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -6.91, 68.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 69.08, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.026 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.155 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3704, 61.1966, 14.0488)
Luminance	0.6119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE42 #4259E5

analogous

#E57D42 #E5CE42 #AAE542

triadic

#E5CE42 #42E5CE #CE42E5

tetradic

#E5CE42 #42E57D #4259E5 #E542AA

square

#E5CE42 #42E57D #4259E5 #E542AA

split-complementary

#E5CE42 #42AAE5 #7D42E5

monochromatic

#988515 #CEB51C #E5CE42 #ECDC78 #F4EAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E5CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE42

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE42	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)

#E2C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.155 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc7f',
    500: '#e5ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce42;
$custom-light: #f1dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.534,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84667,
    "c": 0.1546,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE42

secondary

#303F9C

accent

#50F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE42

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

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