#E5CD5A#E5CD5A

#E5CD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.136 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD5A
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -5.04, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 59.10, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.018 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.136 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9922, 61.0614, 18.5076)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD5A #5A72E5

analogous

#E5875A #E5CD5A #B8E55A

triadic

#E5CD5A #5AE5CD #CD5AE5

tetradic

#E5CD5A #5AE587 #5A72E5 #E55AB8

square

#E5CD5A #5AE587 #5A72E5 #E55AB8

split-complementary

#E5CD5A #5AB8E5 #875AE5

monochromatic

#AA911B #DDBD25 #E5CD5A #EDDD8F #F6EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#E5CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD5A

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD5A	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.136 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8d',
    500: '#e5cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd5a;
$custom-light: #f0dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84668,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD5A

secondary

#384CAB

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD5A

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

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