#E5CE5D#E5CE5D

#E5CE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE5D
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 93)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -5.35, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 58.12, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0185 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3624, 61.5934, 19.2737)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE5D #5D74E5

analogous

#E58A5D #E5CE5D #B8E55D

triadic

#E5CE5D #5DE5CE #CE5DE5

tetradic

#E5CE5D #5DE58A #5D74E5 #E55DB8

square

#E5CE5D #5DE58A #5D74E5 #E55DB8

split-complementary

#E5CE5D #5DB8E5 #8A5DE5

monochromatic

#AC941C #DDBE28 #E5CE5D #EDDE92 #F6EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E5CE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE5D

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE5D	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8f',
    500: '#e5ce5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce5d;
$custom-light: #f0dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.853,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84903,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE5D

secondary

#394DAD

accent

#32D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE5D

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

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