#E5CF5B#E5CF5B

#E5CF5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.137 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CF5B
RGB	rgb(229, 207, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.94, -5.99, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.94, 59.33, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.0206 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.137 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5165, 62.0415, 18.8937)
Luminance	0.6204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CF5B #5B71E5

analogous

#E58A5B #E5CF5B #B6E55B

triadic

#E5CF5B #5BE5CF #CF5BE5

tetradic

#E5CF5B #5BE58A #5B71E5 #E55BB6

square

#E5CF5B #5BE58A #5B71E5 #E55BB6

split-complementary

#E5CF5B #5BB6E5 #8A5BE5

monochromatic

#AB941B #DDC026 #E5CF5B #EDDE90 #F6EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CF5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#E5CF5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CF5B

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CF5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CF5B	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cf5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.137 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dd8e',
    500: '#e5cf5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cf5b;
$custom-light: #f0dd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cf5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85086,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CF5B

secondary

#384BAC

accent

#30D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CF5B

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

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