#E5CE65#E5CE65

#E5CE65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.128 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE65
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -4.77, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 54.52, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0159 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.128 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7355, 61.7426, 21.2384)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE65 #657CE5

analogous

#E58E65 #E5CE65 #BCE565

triadic

#E5CE65 #65E5CE #CE65E5

tetradic

#E5CE65 #65E58E #657CE5 #E565BC

square

#E5CE65 #65E58E #657CE5 #E565BC

split-complementary

#E5CE65 #65BCE5 #8E65E5

monochromatic

#B2971E #DCBD31 #E5CE65 #EEDF99 #F7EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E5CE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE65

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE65	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.128 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc94',
    500: '#e5ce65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce65;
$custom-light: #f0dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84992,
    "c": 0.12781,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE65

secondary

#3C51B2

accent

#35D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE65

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

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