#E5CD65#E5CD65

#E5CD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.127 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD65
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -4.25, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 54.19, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0144 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.127 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.4955, 61.2627, 21.1584)
Luminance	0.6126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD65 #657DE5

analogous

#E58D65 #E5CD65 #BDE565

triadic

#E5CD65 #65E5CD #CD65E5

tetradic

#E5CD65 #65E58D #657DE5 #E565BD

square

#E5CD65 #65E58D #657DE5 #E565BD

split-complementary

#E5CD65 #65BDE5 #8D65E5

monochromatic

#B2961E #DCBC31 #E5CD65 #EEDE99 #F7EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E5CD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD65

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD65	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	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)

#DFC95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.127 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc94',
    500: '#e5cd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd65;
$custom-light: #f0dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84789,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD65

secondary

#3C52B2

accent

#37D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD65

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

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