#E5CD52#E5CD52

#E5CD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD52
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 82)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -5.55, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 62.51, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0203 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6698, 60.9324, 16.8098)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD52 #526AE5

analogous

#E58352 #E5CD52 #B3E552

triadic

#E5CD52 #52E5CD #CD52E5

tetradic

#E5CD52 #52E583 #526AE5 #E552B3

square

#E5CD52 #52E583 #526AE5 #E552B3

split-complementary

#E5CD52 #52B3E5 #8352E5

monochromatic

#A48D19 #D9BB21 #E5CD52 #EDDC87 #F5ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E5CD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD52

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD52	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db88',
    500: '#e5cd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd52;
$custom-light: #f1db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84591,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD52

secondary

#3547A6

accent

#30D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD52

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

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