#E5CD6E#E5CD6E

#E5CD6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.119 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD6E
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 52%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -3.53, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 50.00, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0114 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.119 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.9609, 61.4488, 23.6093)
Luminance	0.6145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD6E #6E86E5

analogous

#E5926E #E5CD6E #C2E56E

triadic

#E5CD6E #6EE5CD #CD6EE5

tetradic

#E5CD6E #6EE592 #6E86E5 #E56EC2

square

#E5CD6E #6EE592 #6E86E5 #E56EC2

split-complementary

#E5CD6E #6EC2E5 #926EE5

monochromatic

#B89921 #DCBB3A #E5CD6E #EEDFA2 #F8F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E5CD6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD6E

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD6E	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)

#DEC966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.119 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9a',
    500: '#e5cd6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd6e;
$custom-light: #efdc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 69.591,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.849,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD6E

secondary

#3F58B8

accent

#3AD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD6E

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

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