#E5CD63#E5CD63

#E5CD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.129 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD63
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -4.41, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 55.10, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0151 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.129 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3987, 61.2240, 20.6486)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD63 #637BE5

analogous

#E58C63 #E5CD63 #BCE563

triadic

#E5CD63 #63E5CD #CD63E5

tetradic

#E5CD63 #63E58C #637BE5 #E563BC

square

#E5CD63 #63E58C #637BE5 #E563BC

split-complementary

#E5CD63 #63BCE5 #8C63E5

monochromatic

#B0951D #DCBC2F #E5CD63 #EEDE97 #F6EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E5CD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD63

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD63	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)

#DFC959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.129 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc93',
    500: '#e5cd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd63;
$custom-light: #f0dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84765,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD63

secondary

#3B51B1

accent

#36D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD63

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

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