#E5CD68#E5CD68

#E5CD68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.124 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD68
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 104)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -4.02, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 52.81, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0134 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.124 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6452, 61.3226, 21.9467)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD68 #6880E5

analogous

#E58E68 #E5CD68 #BEE568

triadic

#E5CD68 #68E5CD #CD68E5

tetradic

#E5CD68 #68E58E #6880E5 #E568BE

square

#E5CD68 #68E58E #6880E5 #E568BE

split-complementary

#E5CD68 #68BEE5 #8E68E5

monochromatic

#B4971F #DCBC34 #E5CD68 #EEDE9C #F7F0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E5CD68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD68

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD68	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)

#DEC95F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.124 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc96',
    500: '#e5cd68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd68;
$custom-light: #f0dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84824,
    "c": 0.12426,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD68

secondary

#3D54B4

accent

#38D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD68

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

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