#E5CD61#E5CD61

#E5CD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.131 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD61
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -4.55, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 56.00, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0158 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.131 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3043, 61.1862, 20.1513)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD61 #6179E5

analogous

#E58B61 #E5CD61 #BBE561

triadic

#E5CD61 #61E5CD #CD61E5

tetradic

#E5CD61 #61E58B #6179E5 #E561BB

square

#E5CD61 #61E58B #6179E5 #E561BB

split-complementary

#E5CD61 #61BBE5 #8B61E5

monochromatic

#AF941D #DCBC2C #E5CD61 #EEDE96 #F6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E5CD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD61

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD61	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.131 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc91',
    500: '#e5cd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd61;
$custom-light: #f0dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84743,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD61

secondary

#3A50B0

accent

#35D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD61

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

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