#E5CE61#E5CE61

#E5CE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE61
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -5.06, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 56.34, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0172 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5443, 61.6662, 20.2313)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE61 #6178E5

analogous

#E58C61 #E5CE61 #BAE561

triadic

#E5CE61 #61E5CE #CE61E5

tetradic

#E5CE61 #61E58C #6178E5 #E561BA

square

#E5CE61 #61E58C #6178E5 #E561BA

split-complementary

#E5CE61 #61BAE5 #8C61E5

monochromatic

#AF951D #DCBE2C #E5CE61 #EEDE96 #F6EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E5CE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE61

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE61	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)

#E0C956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc91',
    500: '#e5ce61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce61;
$custom-light: #f0dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84946,
    "c": 0.13135,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE61

secondary

#3A4FB0

accent

#34D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE61

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

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