#E5CF5A#E5CF5A

#E5CF5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CF5A
RGB	rgb(229, 207, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -6.06, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 59.76, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.08% -0.0209 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(85.08% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4737, 62.0243, 18.6681)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CF5A #5A70E5

analogous

#E58A5A #E5CF5A #B5E55A

triadic

#E5CF5A #5AE5CF #CF5AE5

tetradic

#E5CF5A #5AE58A #5A70E5 #E55AB5

square

#E5CF5A #5AE58A #5A70E5 #E55AB5

split-complementary

#E5CF5A #5AB5E5 #8A5AE5

monochromatic

#AA931B #DDC025 #E5CF5A #EDDE8F #F6EEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CF5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E5CF5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CF5A

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CF5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CF5A	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)

#E1CA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cf5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dd8d',
    500: '#e5cf5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cf5a;
$custom-light: #f0dd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cf5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85076,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CF5A

secondary

#384AAB

accent

#30D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CF5A

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

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