#E5CD66#E5CD66

#E5CD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.126 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD66
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -4.18, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 53.73, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.8% -0.0141 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(84.8% 0.126 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.5448, 61.2824, 21.4180)
Luminance	0.6128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD66 #667EE5

analogous

#E58D66 #E5CD66 #BEE566

triadic

#E5CD66 #66E5CD #CD66E5

tetradic

#E5CD66 #66E58D #667EE5 #E566BE

square

#E5CD66 #66E58D #667EE5 #E566BE

split-complementary

#E5CD66 #66BEE5 #8D66E5

monochromatic

#B2961E #DCBC32 #E5CD66 #EEDE9A #F7EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E5CD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD66

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD66	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.126 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc94',
    500: '#e5cd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd66;
$custom-light: #f0dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.848,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD66

secondary

#3C53B3

accent

#37D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD66

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

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