#E5CD4C#E5CD4C

#E5CD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.147 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD4C
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -5.89, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 64.96, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.54% -0.022 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(84.54% 0.147 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4514, 60.8451, 15.6595)
Luminance	0.6084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD4C #4C64E5

analogous

#E5804C #E5CD4C #B1E54C

triadic

#E5CD4C #4CE5CD #CD4CE5

tetradic

#E5CD4C #4CE580 #4C64E5 #E54CB1

square

#E5CD4C #4CE580 #4C64E5 #E54CB1

split-complementary

#E5CD4C #4CB1E5 #804CE5

monochromatic

#9F8A17 #D5B81F #E5CD4C #EDDC81 #F5EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E5CD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD4C

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD4C	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.147 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db84',
    500: '#e5cd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd4c;
$custom-light: #f1db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84539,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD4C

secondary

#3344A2

accent

#54F137

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD4C

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

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