#E5CF57#E5CF57

#E5CF57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.141 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CF57
RGB	rgb(229, 207, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.90, -6.26, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.90, 61.05, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0218 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.141 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3486, 61.9743, 18.0091)
Luminance	0.6197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CF57 #576DE5

analogous

#E58857 #E5CF57 #B4E557

triadic

#E5CF57 #57E5CF #CF57E5

tetradic

#E5CF57 #57E588 #576DE5 #E557B4

square

#E5CF57 #57E588 #576DE5 #E557B4

split-complementary

#E5CF57 #57B4E5 #8857E5

monochromatic

#A8921A #DDC022 #E5CF57 #EDDE8C #F5EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CF57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E5CF57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CF57

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CF57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CF57	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)

#E1CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cf57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.141 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dd8b',
    500: '#e5cf57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cf57;
$custom-light: #f0dd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cf57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85046,
    "c": 0.14051,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CF57

secondary

#3748AA

accent

#2FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CF57

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

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