#E5CE5B#E5CE5B

#E5CE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.136 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE5B
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -5.49, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 59.00, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.0191 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.136 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2750, 61.5585, 18.8132)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE5B #5B72E5

analogous

#E5895B #E5CE5B #B7E55B

triadic

#E5CE5B #5BE5CE #CE5BE5

tetradic

#E5CE5B #5BE589 #5B72E5 #E55BB7

square

#E5CE5B #5BE589 #5B72E5 #E55BB7

split-complementary

#E5CE5B #5BB7E5 #895BE5

monochromatic

#AB931B #DDBE26 #E5CE5B #EDDE90 #F6EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E5CE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE5B

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE5B	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.136 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8e',
    500: '#e5ce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce5b;
$custom-light: #f0dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84882,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE5B

secondary

#384BAC

accent

#31D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE5B

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

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