#E5CD6C#E5CD6C

#E5CD6C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.120 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD6C
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 108)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 52.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.60, -3.70, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.60, 50.94, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.012 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.121 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.8532, 61.4058, 23.0422)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD6C #6C84E5

analogous

#E5906C #E5CD6C #C0E56C

triadic

#E5CD6C #6CE5CD #CD6CE5

tetradic

#E5CD6C #6CE590 #6C84E5 #E56CC0

square

#E5CD6C #6CE590 #6C84E5 #E56CC0

split-complementary

#E5CD6C #6CC0E5 #906CE5

monochromatic

#B69920 #DCBB38 #E5CD6C #EEDFA0 #F7F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E5CD6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD6C

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD6C	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)

#DEC963

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.120 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc98',
    500: '#e5cd6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd6c;
$custom-light: #f0dc98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 69.942,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84874,
    "c": 0.1205,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD6C

secondary

#3F56B7

accent

#39D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD6C

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

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