#E5CE52#E5CE52

#E5CE52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.144 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE52
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -6.06, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 62.83, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0218 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.144 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.9098, 61.4124, 16.8898)
Luminance	0.6141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE52 #5269E5

analogous

#E58452 #E5CE52 #B2E552

triadic

#E5CE52 #52E5CE #CE52E5

tetradic

#E5CE52 #52E584 #5269E5 #E552B2

square

#E5CE52 #52E584 #5269E5 #E552B2

split-complementary

#E5CE52 #52B2E5 #8452E5

monochromatic

#A48E19 #D9BC21 #E5CE52 #EDDD87 #F5ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E5CE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE52

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE52	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)

#E1C943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.144 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc88',
    500: '#e5ce52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce52;
$custom-light: #f1dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84795,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE52

secondary

#3547A6

accent

#2FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE52

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

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