#E5CD4E#E5CD4E

#E5CD4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.146 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD4E
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 65.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -5.78, 63.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 64.15, 95.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0215 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.146 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.5221, 60.8733, 16.0314)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD4E #4E66E5

analogous

#E5824E #E5CD4E #B1E54E

triadic

#E5CD4E #4EE5CD #CD4EE5

tetradic

#E5CD4E #4EE582 #4E66E5 #E54EB1

square

#E5CD4E #4EE582 #4E66E5 #E54EB1

split-complementary

#E5CD4E #4EB1E5 #824EE5

monochromatic

#A18B18 #D6B91F #E5CD4E #EDDC83 #F5EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E5CD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD4E

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD4E	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)

#E0C83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.146 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db86',
    500: '#e5cd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd4e;
$custom-light: #f1db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84556,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD4E

secondary

#3445A4

accent

#2FD70F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD4E

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

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