#E5CE5C#E5CE5C

#E5CE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE5C
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -5.42, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 58.56, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0188 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(56.3184, 61.5758, 19.0419)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE5C #5C73E5

analogous

#E5895C #E5CE5C #B7E55C

triadic

#E5CE5C #5CE5CE #CE5CE5

tetradic

#E5CE5C #5CE589 #5C73E5 #E55CB7

square

#E5CE5C #5CE589 #5C73E5 #E55CB7

split-complementary

#E5CE5C #5CB7E5 #895CE5

monochromatic

#AB931B #DDBE27 #E5CE5C #EDDE91 #F6EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E5CE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE5C

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE5C	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)

#E0C950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8e',
    500: '#e5ce5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce5c;
$custom-light: #f0dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84892,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.61573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE5C

secondary

#384CAD

accent

#32D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE5C

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

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