#E5CF54#E5CF54
#E5CF54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5CF54 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 207, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 74%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.3%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.87, -6.45, 61.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.87, 62.32, 95.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.02% -0.0227 0.1411) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.02% 0.143 99.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.2285, 61.9263, 17.3770) |
| Luminance | 0.6192 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.10
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.82
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.85
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 4.44
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.49
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5CF54 #546AE5
analogous
#E58754 #E5CF54 #B2E554
triadic
#E5CF54 #54E5CF #CF54E5
tetradic
#E5CF54 #54E587 #546AE5 #E554B2
square
#E5CF54 #54E587 #546AE5 #E554B2
split-complementary
#E5CF54 #54B2E5 #8754E5
monochromatic
#A59019 #DBBE21 #E5CF54 #EDDE89 #F5EDBE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E5CF54 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.38
#E5CF54 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5CF54
13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5CF54 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5CF54 | 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)
#E2CA45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D25B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6C1B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5cf54; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.143 99.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0dd89',
500: '#e5cf54',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5cf54; $custom-light: #f0dd89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5cf54",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 207,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.897,
"s": 73.604,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85018,
"c": 0.14286,
"h": 99.1
},
"luminance": 0.61924
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5CF54
secondary
#3647A8
accent
#2ED610
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#17150C
muted
#85847F