#E5CE69#E5CE69

#E5CE69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.124 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE69
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 105)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -4.46, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 52.68, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0146 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.124 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.9363, 61.8230, 22.2958)
Luminance	0.6182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE69 #6980E5

analogous

#E59069 #E5CE69 #BEE569

triadic

#E5CE69 #69E5CE #CE69E5

tetradic

#E5CE69 #69E590 #6980E5 #E569BE

square

#E5CE69 #69E590 #6980E5 #E569BE

split-complementary

#E5CE69 #69BEE5 #9069E5

monochromatic

#B4991F #DCBD35 #E5CE69 #EEDF9D #F7F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E5CE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE69

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE69	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)

#DFCA60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.124 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc96',
    500: '#e5ce69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce69;
$custom-light: #f0dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85039,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE69

secondary

#3D54B5

accent

#37D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE69

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

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