#E5CE4C#E5CE4C

#E5CE4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.148 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE4C
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -6.40, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 65.27, 95.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0235 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.148 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6914, 61.3250, 15.7395)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE4C #4C63E5

analogous

#E5814C #E5CE4C #B0E54C

triadic

#E5CE4C #4CE5CE #CE4CE5

tetradic

#E5CE4C #4CE581 #4C63E5 #E54CB0

square

#E5CE4C #4CE581 #4C63E5 #E54CB0

split-complementary

#E5CE4C #4CB0E5 #814CE5

monochromatic

#9F8B17 #D5BA1F #E5CE4C #EDDD81 #F5EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E5CE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE4C

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE4C	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.148 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc85',
    500: '#e5ce4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce4c;
$custom-light: #f1dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84743,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE4C

secondary

#3344A2

accent

#53F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE4C

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

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