#E5CE6A#E5CE6A

#E5CE6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.123 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE6A
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 106)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.83, -4.37, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.83, 52.22, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0142 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.123 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9880, 61.8436, 22.5681)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE6A #6A81E5

analogous

#E5906A #E5CE6A #BFE56A

triadic

#E5CE6A #6AE5CE #CE6AE5

tetradic

#E5CE6A #6AE590 #6A81E5 #E56ABF

square

#E5CE6A #6AE590 #6A81E5 #E56ABF

split-complementary

#E5CE6A #6ABFE5 #906AE5

monochromatic

#B59920 #DCBD36 #E5CE6A #EEDF9E #F7F0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E5CE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE6A

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE6A	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.123 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc97',
    500: '#e5ce6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce6a;
$custom-light: #f0dc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.78,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85052,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE6A

secondary

#3E54B5

accent

#37D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE6A

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

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