#E5CD6F#E5CD6F

#E5CD6F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.118 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD6F
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 111)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 51.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -3.45, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 49.53, 93.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.91% -0.011 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(84.91% 0.118 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0156, 61.4708, 23.8976)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD6F #6F87E5

analogous

#E5926F #E5CD6F #C2E56F

triadic

#E5CD6F #6FE5CD #CD6FE5

tetradic

#E5CD6F #6FE592 #6F87E5 #E56FC2

square

#E5CD6F #6FE592 #6F87E5 #E56FC2

split-complementary

#E5CD6F #6FC2E5 #926FE5

monochromatic

#B89A21 #DCBB3B #E5CD6F #EEDFA3 #F8F1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E5CD6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD6F

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD6F	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)

#DEC967

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D173

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.118 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9a',
    500: '#e5cd6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd6f;
$custom-light: #efdc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84913,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD6F

secondary

#4058B8

accent

#3BD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD6F

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

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