#E5CD69#E5CD69

#E5CD69 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.123 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD69
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 105)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 54.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -3.94, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 52.34, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0131 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.123 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.6963, 61.3430, 22.2158)
Luminance	0.6134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD69 #6981E5

analogous

#E58F69 #E5CD69 #BFE569

triadic

#E5CD69 #69E5CD #CD69E5

tetradic

#E5CD69 #69E58F #6981E5 #E569BF

square

#E5CD69 #69E58F #6981E5 #E569BF

split-complementary

#E5CD69 #69BFE5 #8F69E5

monochromatic

#B4971F #DCBC35 #E5CD69 #EEDE9D #F7F0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E5CD69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD69

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD69	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.123 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc96',
    500: '#e5cd69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd69;
$custom-light: #f0dc96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 70.455,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84836,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD69

secondary

#3D54B5

accent

#38D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD69

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

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