#E5CF56#E5CF56

#E5CF56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CF56
RGB	rgb(229, 207, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -6.32, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 61.48, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0221 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(56.3080, 61.9580, 17.7954)
Luminance	0.6196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CF56 #566CE5

analogous

#E58856 #E5CF56 #B4E556

triadic

#E5CF56 #56E5CF #CF56E5

tetradic

#E5CF56 #56E588 #566CE5 #E556B4

square

#E5CF56 #56E588 #566CE5 #E556B4

split-complementary

#E5CF56 #56B4E5 #8856E5

monochromatic

#A7911A #DCBF22 #E5CF56 #EDDE8B #F5EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E5CF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CF56

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CF56	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dd8b',
    500: '#e5cf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cf56;
$custom-light: #f0dd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85037,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.61956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CF56

secondary

#3648A9

accent

#2ED510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CF56

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

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