#E5CE4E#E5CE4E

#E5CE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.147 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE4E
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -6.29, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 64.47, 95.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0229 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.147 99)
XYZ	xyz(55.7620, 61.3533, 16.1114)
Luminance	0.6135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE4E #4E65E5

analogous

#E5834E #E5CE4E #B0E54E

triadic

#E5CE4E #4EE5CE #CE4EE5

tetradic

#E5CE4E #4EE583 #4E65E5 #E54EB0

square

#E5CE4E #4EE583 #4E65E5 #E54EB0

split-complementary

#E5CE4E #4EB0E5 #834EE5

monochromatic

#A18C18 #D6BA1F #E5CE4E #EDDD83 #F5ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E5CE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE4E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE4E	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.147 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc86',
    500: '#e5ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce4e;
$custom-light: #f1dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8476,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.61351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE4E

secondary

#3445A4

accent

#2DD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE4E

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

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