#E5CE6D#E5CE6D

#E5CE6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.120 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE6D
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 109)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -4.13, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 50.82, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0132 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.12 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1467, 61.9071, 23.4041)
Luminance	0.6190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE6D #6D84E5

analogous

#E5926D #E5CE6D #C0E56D

triadic

#E5CE6D #6DE5CE #CE6DE5

tetradic

#E5CE6D #6DE592 #6D84E5 #E56DC0

square

#E5CE6D #6DE592 #6D84E5 #E56DC0

split-complementary

#E5CE6D #6DC0E5 #926DE5

monochromatic

#B79A21 #DCBD39 #E5CE6D #EEDFA1 #F8F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CE6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E5CE6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE6D

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE6D	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.120 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc99',
    500: '#e5ce6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce6d;
$custom-light: #f0dc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85089,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE6D

secondary

#3F56B7

accent

#38D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE6D

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

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