#E5CD5C#E5CD5C

#E5CD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD5C
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -4.91, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 58.23, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.0174 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.0785, 61.0959, 18.9620)
Luminance	0.6109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD5C #5C74E5

analogous

#E5885C #E5CD5C #B8E55C

triadic

#E5CD5C #5CE5CD #CD5CE5

tetradic

#E5CD5C #5CE588 #5C74E5 #E55CB8

square

#E5CD5C #5CE588 #5C74E5 #E55CB8

split-complementary

#E5CD5C #5CB8E5 #885CE5

monochromatic

#AB921B #DDBD27 #E5CD5C #EDDD91 #F6EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E5CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD5C

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD5C	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)

#DFC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8e',
    500: '#e5cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd5c;
$custom-light: #f0dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84689,
    "c": 0.13482,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD5C

secondary

#384DAD

accent

#33D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD5C

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

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