#E5CD5B#E5CD5B

#E5CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD5B
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -4.97, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 58.67, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0177 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0351, 61.0785, 18.7333)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD5B #5B73E5

analogous

#E5885B #E5CD5B #B8E55B

triadic

#E5CD5B #5BE5CD #CD5BE5

tetradic

#E5CD5B #5BE588 #5B73E5 #E55BB8

square

#E5CD5B #5BE588 #5B73E5 #E55BB8

split-complementary

#E5CD5B #5BB8E5 #885BE5

monochromatic

#AB921B #DDBD26 #E5CD5B #EDDD90 #F6EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E5CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD5B

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD5B	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8d',
    500: '#e5cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd5b;
$custom-light: #f0dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84678,
    "c": 0.13566,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD5B

secondary

#384CAC

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD5B

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

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