#E5CE54#E5CE54

#E5CE54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.142 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE54
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 63.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -5.94, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 62.00, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0212 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.142 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9870, 61.4433, 17.2965)
Luminance	0.6144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE54 #546BE5

analogous

#E58654 #E5CE54 #B4E554

triadic

#E5CE54 #54E5CE #CE54E5

tetradic

#E5CE54 #54E586 #546BE5 #E554B4

square

#E5CE54 #54E586 #546BE5 #E554B4

split-complementary

#E5CE54 #54B4E5 #8654E5

monochromatic

#A58F19 #DBBD21 #E5CE54 #EDDD89 #F5ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E5CE54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE54

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE54	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.142 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc89',
    500: '#e5ce54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce54;
$custom-light: #f0dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.483,
    "s": 73.604,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84814,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE54

secondary

#3648A8

accent

#2FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE54

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

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