#E5CE68#E5CE68

#E5CE68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.125 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE68
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 104)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -4.53, 52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 53.15, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0149 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.125 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.8852, 61.8025, 22.0267)
Luminance	0.6180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE68 #687FE5

analogous

#E58F68 #E5CE68 #BDE568

triadic

#E5CE68 #68E5CE #CE68E5

tetradic

#E5CE68 #68E58F #687FE5 #E568BD

square

#E5CE68 #68E58F #687FE5 #E568BD

split-complementary

#E5CE68 #68BDE5 #8F68E5

monochromatic

#B4981F #DCBD34 #E5CE68 #EEDF9C #F7F0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E5CE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE68

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE68	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.125 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc96',
    500: '#e5ce68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce68;
$custom-light: #f0dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85027,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE68

secondary

#3D53B4

accent

#36D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE68

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

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