#E5CD55#E5CD55

#E5CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.140 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD55
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.37, -5.36, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.37, 61.25, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(84.62% -0.0195 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.62% 0.14 98)
XYZ	xyz(55.7865, 60.9791, 17.4242)
Luminance	0.6098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD55 #556DE5

analogous

#E58555 #E5CD55 #B5E555

triadic

#E5CD55 #55E5CD #CD55E5

tetradic

#E5CD55 #55E585 #556DE5 #E555B5

square

#E5CD55 #55E585 #556DE5 #E555B5

split-complementary

#E5CD55 #55B5E5 #8555E5

monochromatic

#A68F19 #DBBC22 #E5CD55 #EDDD8A #F5ECBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E5CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD55

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD55	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.140 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8a',
    500: '#e5cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd55;
$custom-light: #f0db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84619,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.60977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD55

secondary

#3649A8

accent

#31D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD55

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

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