#E5CD70#E5CD70

#E5CD70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.117 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD70
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 112)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 51.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, -3.36, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 49.06, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0106 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.117 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0710, 61.4929, 24.1892)
Luminance	0.6149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD70 #7088E5

analogous

#E59370 #E5CD70 #C3E570

triadic

#E5CD70 #70E5CD #CD70E5

tetradic

#E5CD70 #70E593 #7088E5 #E570C3

square

#E5CD70 #70E593 #7088E5 #E570C3

split-complementary

#E5CD70 #70C3E5 #9370E5

monochromatic

#B99A22 #DCBB3C #E5CD70 #EEDFA4 #F8F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#E5CD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD70

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD70	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D174

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.117 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9b',
    500: '#e5cd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd70;
$custom-light: #efdc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84926,
    "c": 0.11667,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD70

secondary

#4059B9

accent

#3BD114

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD70

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

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