#E5CE87#E5CE87

#E5CE87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.094 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CE87
RGB	rgb(229, 206, 135)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 41%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 41%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, -1.67, 38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 38.25, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0035 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.094 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.7590, 62.5521, 31.8956)
Luminance	0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CE87 #879EE5

analogous

#E59F87 #E5CE87 #CDE587

triadic

#E5CE87 #87E5CE #CE87E5

tetradic

#E5CE87 #87E59F #879EE5 #E587CD

square

#E5CE87 #87E59F #879EE5 #E587CD

split-complementary

#E5CE87 #87CDE5 #9F87E5

monochromatic

#C7A12B #DAB955 #E5CE87 #F0E3B9 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E5CE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#E5CE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CE87

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CE87	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCB82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5ce87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 206, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.094 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdcab',
    500: '#e5ce87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5ce87;
$custom-light: #efdcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5ce87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.319,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85471,
    "c": 0.09366,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CE87

secondary

#536DBE

accent

#45CC19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CE87

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

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