#E5CF59#E5CF59

#E5CF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CF59
RGB	rgb(229, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -6.13, 59.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 60.20, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.0212 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4314, 62.0074, 18.4454)
Luminance	0.6200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CF59 #596FE5

analogous

#E58959 #E5CF59 #B5E559

triadic

#E5CF59 #59E5CF #CF59E5

tetradic

#E5CF59 #59E589 #596FE5 #E559B5

square

#E5CF59 #59E589 #596FE5 #E559B5

split-complementary

#E5CF59 #59B5E5 #8959E5

monochromatic

#A9931A #DDC024 #E5CF59 #EDDE8E #F6EEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E5CF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CF59

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CF59	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dd8c',
    500: '#e5cf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cf59;
$custom-light: #f0dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85066,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CF59

secondary

#374AAB

accent

#2FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CF59

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

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