#E5CD42#E5CD42

#E5CD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.154 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD42
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 71.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -6.40, 68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 68.78, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0245 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.154 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1304, 60.7167, 13.9688)
Luminance	0.6071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD42 #425AE5

analogous

#E57C42 #E5CD42 #ABE542

triadic

#E5CD42 #42E5CD #CD42E5

tetradic

#E5CD42 #42E57C #425AE5 #E542AB

square

#E5CD42 #42E57C #425AE5 #E542AB

split-complementary

#E5CD42 #42ABE5 #7C42E5

monochromatic

#988415 #CEB31C #E5CD42 #ECDB78 #F4E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E5CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E5CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD42

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD42	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.154 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db7f',
    500: '#e5cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd42;
$custom-light: #f1db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.166,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84462,
    "c": 0.15383,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD42

secondary

#30409C

accent

#51F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD42

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

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