#E5CD6D#E5CD6D

#E5CD6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.120 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD6D
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -3.62, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 50.48, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.0117 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.12 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.9067, 61.4272, 23.3241)
Luminance	0.6142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD6D #6D85E5

analogous

#E5916D #E5CD6D #C1E56D

triadic

#E5CD6D #6DE5CD #CD6DE5

tetradic

#E5CD6D #6DE591 #6D85E5 #E56DC1

square

#E5CD6D #6DE591 #6D85E5 #E56DC1

split-complementary

#E5CD6D #6DC1E5 #916DE5

monochromatic

#B79921 #DCBB39 #E5CD6D #EEDFA1 #F8F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E5CD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD6D

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD6D	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.120 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc99',
    500: '#e5cd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd6d;
$custom-light: #f0dc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84887,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD6D

secondary

#3F57B7

accent

#3AD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD6D

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

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