#E5CF60#E5CF60
#E5CF60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.133 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5CF60 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 207, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.1%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.98, -5.65, 56.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.98, 57.12, 95.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.14% -0.019 0.1317) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.14% 0.133 98.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7394, 62.1306, 20.0678) |
| Luminance | 0.6213 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.47
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.61
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.72
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.98
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.10
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5CF60 #6076E5
analogous
#E58C60 #E5CF60 #B8E560
triadic
#E5CF60 #60E5CF #CF60E5
tetradic
#E5CF60 #60E58C #6076E5 #E560B8
square
#E5CF60 #60E58C #6076E5 #E560B8
split-complementary
#E5CF60 #60B8E5 #8C60E5
monochromatic
#AE961C #DCBF2B #E5CF60 #EEDF95 #F6EFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E5CF60 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.43
#E5CF60 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5CF60
13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5CF60 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5CF60 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.43 | 13.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA55
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D265
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C2B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5cf60; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.133 98.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0dd91',
500: '#e5cf60',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5cf60; $custom-light: #f0dd91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5cf60",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 207,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.075,
"s": 71.892,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85139,
"c": 0.13305,
"h": 98.2
},
"luminance": 0.62128
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5CF60
secondary
#3A4DAF
accent
#32D412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F