#E5CE63#E5CE63

#E5CE63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.130 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE63
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -4.92, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 55.43, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0166 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.13 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6387, 61.7039, 20.7286)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE63 #637AE5

analogous

#E58D63 #E5CE63 #BBE563

triadic

#E5CE63 #63E5CE #CE63E5

tetradic

#E5CE63 #63E58D #637AE5 #E563BB

square

#E5CE63 #63E58D #637AE5 #E563BB

split-complementary

#E5CE63 #63BBE5 #8D63E5

monochromatic

#B0961D #DCBE2F #E5CE63 #EEDE97 #F6EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E5CE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE63

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE63	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.130 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc93',
    500: '#e5ce63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce63;
$custom-light: #f0dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.385,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84969,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE63

secondary

#3B50B1

accent

#34D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE63

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

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