#E5CE5F#E5CE5F

#E5CE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE5F
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -5.21, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 57.23, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0179 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4522, 61.6293, 19.7463)
Luminance	0.6163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE5F #5F76E5

analogous

#E58B5F #E5CE5F #B9E55F

triadic

#E5CE5F #5FE5CE #CE5FE5

tetradic

#E5CE5F #5FE58B #5F76E5 #E55FB9

square

#E5CE5F #5FE58B #5F76E5 #E55FB9

split-complementary

#E5CE5F #5FB9E5 #8B5FE5

monochromatic

#AD941C #DCBE2A #E5CE5F #EEDE94 #F6EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E5CE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE5F

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE5F	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc90',
    500: '#e5ce5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce5f;
$custom-light: #f0dc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84924,
    "c": 0.13309,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE5F

secondary

#3A4EAF

accent

#33D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE5F

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

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