#E5CE79#E5CE79

#E5CE79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.108 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE79
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.01, -3.07, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.01, 45.10, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0089 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.108 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.8373, 62.1834, 27.0415)
Luminance	0.6218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE79 #7990E5

analogous

#E59879 #E5CE79 #C6E579

triadic

#E5CE79 #79E5CE #CE79E5

tetradic

#E5CE79 #79E598 #7990E5 #E579C6

square

#E5CE79 #79E598 #7990E5 #E579C6

split-complementary

#E5CE79 #79C6E5 #9879E5

monochromatic

#BF9E25 #DBBB46 #E5CE79 #EFE1AC #F9F3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E5CE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#E5CE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE79

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE79	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.108 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca1',
    500: '#e5ce79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce79;
$custom-light: #efdca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85253,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE79

secondary

#465FBD

accent

#3ECF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE79

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

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