#E5CD56#E5CD56

#E5CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD56
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -5.30, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 60.83, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0192 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8265, 60.9951, 17.6349)
Luminance	0.6099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD56 #566EE5

analogous

#E58656 #E5CD56 #B6E556

triadic

#E5CD56 #56E5CD #CD56E5

tetradic

#E5CD56 #56E586 #566EE5 #E556B6

square

#E5CD56 #56E586 #566EE5 #E556B6

split-complementary

#E5CD56 #56B6E5 #8656E5

monochromatic

#A78F1A #DCBD22 #E5CD56 #EDDD8B #F5ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E5CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD56

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD56	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)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db8a',
    500: '#e5cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd56;
$custom-light: #f0db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84629,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD56

secondary

#364AA9

accent

#31D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD56

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

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