#E5CF66#E5CF66
#E5CF66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E5CF66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 207, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(50, 71%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(50, 55%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 55.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.04, -5.20, 54.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.04, 54.41, 95.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.21% -0.0171 0.1266) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.21% 0.128 97.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.0263, 62.2454, 21.5785) |
| Luminance | 0.6224 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.01
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.37
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 3.86
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.09
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.25
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E5CF66 #667CE5
analogous
#E58F66 #E5CF66 #BCE566
triadic
#E5CF66 #66E5CF #CF66E5
tetradic
#E5CF66 #66E58F #667CE5 #E566BC
square
#E5CF66 #66E58F #667CE5 #E566BC
split-complementary
#E5CF66 #66BCE5 #8F66E5
monochromatic
#B2991E #DCBF32 #E5CF66 #EEDF9A #F7F0CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E5CF66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.45
#E5CF66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E5CF66
13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E5CF66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E5CF66 | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.45 | 13.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0CA5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D26B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F5C2B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e5cf66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 207, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.128 97.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0dd95',
500: '#e5cf66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e5cf66; $custom-light: #f0dd95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e5cf66",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 207,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 49.606,
"s": 70.95,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85207,
"c": 0.12772,
"h": 97.7
},
"luminance": 0.62243
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E5CF66
secondary
#3C51B3
accent
#34D313
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17150D
muted
#85847F