#E5CE56#E5CE56

#E5CE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE56
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -5.81, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 61.15, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.0206 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0665, 61.4750, 17.7149)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE56 #566DE5

analogous

#E58756 #E5CE56 #B4E556

triadic

#E5CE56 #56E5CE #CE56E5

tetradic

#E5CE56 #56E587 #566DE5 #E556B4

square

#E5CE56 #56E587 #566DE5 #E556B4

split-complementary

#E5CE56 #56B4E5 #8756E5

monochromatic

#A7901A #DCBE22 #E5CE56 #EDDD8B #F5EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E5CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE56

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE56	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)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8a',
    500: '#e5ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce56;
$custom-light: #f0dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84832,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE56

secondary

#3649A9

accent

#30D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE56

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

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