#E5CE66#E5CE66

#E5CE66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.127 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE66
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.79, -4.69, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.79, 54.07, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.0156 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.127 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.7848, 61.7624, 21.4980)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE66 #667DE5

analogous

#E58F66 #E5CE66 #BCE566

triadic

#E5CE66 #66E5CE #CE66E5

tetradic

#E5CE66 #66E58F #667DE5 #E566BC

square

#E5CE66 #66E58F #667DE5 #E566BC

split-complementary

#E5CE66 #66BCE5 #8F66E5

monochromatic

#B2971E #DCBD32 #E5CE66 #EEDF9A #F7F0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E5CE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE66

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE66	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)

#E0CA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.127 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc94',
    500: '#e5ce66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce66;
$custom-light: #f0dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85003,
    "c": 0.1269,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE66

secondary

#3C52B3

accent

#35D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE66

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

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