#E5CD64#E5CD64

#E5CD64 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD64
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 100)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 56.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -4.33, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 54.64, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0148 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4468, 61.2432, 20.9020)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD64 #647CE5

analogous

#E58D64 #E5CD64 #BDE564

triadic

#E5CD64 #64E5CD #CD64E5

tetradic

#E5CD64 #64E58D #647CE5 #E564BD

square

#E5CD64 #64E58D #647CE5 #E564BD

split-complementary

#E5CD64 #64BDE5 #8D64E5

monochromatic

#B1961E #DCBC30 #E5CD64 #EEDE98 #F7EFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E5CD64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E5CD64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD64

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD64	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc93',
    500: '#e5cd64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd64;
$custom-light: #f0dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84777,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD64

secondary

#3B51B2

accent

#36D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD64

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

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