#E5CD6A#E5CD6A

#E5CD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.122 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD6A
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.57, -3.86, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.57, 51.88, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0127 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.122 96)
XYZ	xyz(56.7480, 61.3637, 22.4881)
Luminance	0.6136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD6A #6A82E5

analogous

#E58F6A #E5CD6A #BFE56A

triadic

#E5CD6A #6AE5CD #CD6AE5

tetradic

#E5CD6A #6AE58F #6A82E5 #E56ABF

square

#E5CD6A #6AE58F #6A82E5 #E56ABF

split-complementary

#E5CD6A #6ABFE5 #8F6AE5

monochromatic

#B59820 #DCBC36 #E5CD6A #EEDE9E #F7F0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E5CD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD6A

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD6A	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)

#DEC961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.122 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc97',
    500: '#e5cd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd6a;
$custom-light: #f0dc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84849,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.61361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD6A

secondary

#3E55B5

accent

#38D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD6A

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

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