#E5CE50#E5CE50

#E5CE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.145 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5CE50
RGBrgb(229, 206, 80)
HSLhsl(51, 74%, 61%)
HSVhsv(51, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(82.58, -6.18, 63.36)
CIE-LCHlch(82.58, 63.66, 95.57°)
OKLaboklab(84.78% -0.0224 0.1434)
OKLCHoklch(84.78% 0.145 98.9)
XYZxyz(55.8348, 61.3824, 16.4948)
Luminance0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5CE50 #5067E5
analogous
#E58350 #E5CE50 #B2E550
triadic
#E5CE50 #50E5CE #CE50E5
tetradic
#E5CE50 #50E583 #5067E5 #E550B2
square
#E5CE50 #50E583 #5067E5 #E550B2
split-complementary
#E5CE50 #50B2E5 #8350E5
monochromatic
#A28D18 #D8BB20 #E5CE50 #EDDD85 #F5ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58
#E5CE50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28
#E5CE50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE50
13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5CE50#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5CE501.001.5813.2813.28
#FFFFFF1.581.0021.0021.00
#00000013.2821.001.001.00
##00000013.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C940
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D157
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C0B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5ce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.145 98.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc87',
    500: '#e5ce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5ce50;
$custom-light: #f1dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5ce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84777,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5CE50
secondary
#3446A5
accent
#2ED60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE50

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#E5CE50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva