#E5CE58#E5CE58

#E5CE58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE58
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 88)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -5.68, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 60.30, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.02 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1482, 61.5077, 18.1453)
Luminance	0.6150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE58 #586FE5

analogous

#E58858 #E5CE58 #B5E558

triadic

#E5CE58 #58E5CE #CE58E5

tetradic

#E5CE58 #58E588 #586FE5 #E558B5

square

#E5CE58 #58E588 #586FE5 #E558B5

split-complementary

#E5CE58 #58B5E5 #8858E5

monochromatic

#A8911A #DDBE23 #E5CE58 #EDDE8D #F5EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#E5CE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE58

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE58	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8c',
    500: '#e5ce58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce58;
$custom-light: #f0dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 73.057,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84852,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE58

secondary

#374AAA

accent

#30D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE58

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

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