#E5CE72#E5CE72

#E5CE72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.116 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE72
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 114)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -3.70, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 48.46, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.0114 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.116 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.4236, 62.0179, 24.8622)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE72 #7289E5

analogous

#E59572 #E5CE72 #C3E572

triadic

#E5CE72 #72E5CE #CE72E5

tetradic

#E5CE72 #72E595 #7289E5 #E572C3

square

#E5CE72 #72E595 #7289E5 #E572C3

split-complementary

#E5CE72 #72C3E5 #9572E5

monochromatic

#BA9C22 #DBBC3E #E5CE72 #EFE0A6 #F8F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E5CE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE72

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE72	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.116 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9c',
    500: '#e5ce72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce72;
$custom-light: #efdc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85155,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE72

secondary

#4159BA

accent

#3AD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE72

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

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