#E5CD6B#E5CD6B

#E5CD6B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.121 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD6B
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 107)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 53.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -3.78, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 51.41, 94.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.0124 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.121 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8003, 61.3846, 22.7636)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD6B #6B83E5

analogous

#E5906B #E5CD6B #C0E56B

triadic

#E5CD6B #6BE5CD #CD6BE5

tetradic

#E5CD6B #6BE590 #6B83E5 #E56BC0

square

#E5CD6B #6BE590 #6B83E5 #E56BC0

split-complementary

#E5CD6B #6BC0E5 #906BE5

monochromatic

#B69820 #DCBB37 #E5CD6B #EEDF9F #F7F0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E5CD6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD6B

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD6B	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.121 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc98',
    500: '#e5cd6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd6b;
$custom-light: #f0dc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 70.115,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84861,
    "c": 0.12145,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD6B

secondary

#3E56B6

accent

#39D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD6B

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

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