#E5CE5E#E5CE5E

#E5CE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.134 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE5E
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -5.28, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 57.67, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.0182 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.134 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4070, 61.6113, 19.5085)
Luminance	0.6161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE5E #5E75E5

analogous

#E58A5E #E5CE5E #B8E55E

triadic

#E5CE5E #5EE5CE #CE5EE5

tetradic

#E5CE5E #5EE58A #5E75E5 #E55EB8

square

#E5CE5E #5EE58A #5E75E5 #E55EB8

split-complementary

#E5CE5E #5EB8E5 #8A5EE5

monochromatic

#AD941C #DCBE29 #E5CE5E #EEDE93 #F6EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E5CE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE5E

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE5E	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)

#E0C952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.134 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8f',
    500: '#e5ce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce5e;
$custom-light: #f0dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84914,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE5E

secondary

#394DAE

accent

#32D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE5E

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

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