#E5CD5F#E5CD5F

#E5CD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD5F
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -4.70, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 56.90, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.0164 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2122, 61.1494, 19.6663)
Luminance	0.6115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD5F #5F77E5

analogous

#E58A5F #E5CD5F #BAE55F

triadic

#E5CD5F #5FE5CD #CD5FE5

tetradic

#E5CD5F #5FE58A #5F77E5 #E55FBA

square

#E5CD5F #5FE58A #5F77E5 #E55FBA

split-complementary

#E5CD5F #5FBAE5 #8A5FE5

monochromatic

#AD931C #DCBD2A #E5CD5F #EEDD94 #F6EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E5CD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD5F

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD5F	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc90',
    500: '#e5cd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd5f;
$custom-light: #f0dc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84721,
    "c": 0.13228,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD5F

secondary

#3A4FAF

accent

#34D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD5F

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

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