#E5CD5D#E5CD5D

#E5CD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD5D
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -4.84, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 57.79, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.017 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1225, 61.1135, 19.1937)
Luminance	0.6111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD5D #5D75E5

analogous

#E5895D #E5CD5D #B9E55D

triadic

#E5CD5D #5DE5CD #CD5DE5

tetradic

#E5CD5D #5DE589 #5D75E5 #E55DB9

square

#E5CD5D #5DE589 #5D75E5 #E55DB9

split-complementary

#E5CD5D #5DB9E5 #895DE5

monochromatic

#AC931C #DDBD28 #E5CD5D #EDDD92 #F6EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#E5CD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD5D

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD5D	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)

#DFC851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc8f',
    500: '#e5cd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd5d;
$custom-light: #f0dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84699,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD5D

secondary

#394DAD

accent

#34D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD5D

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

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