#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
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -6.18, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 63.66, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0224 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.145 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8348, 61.3824, 16.4948)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##E5CE50	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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