#E5CD72#E5CD72

#E5CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.115 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD72
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 50.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -3.19, 48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 48.11, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(84.95% -0.0099 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(84.95% 0.115 95)
XYZ	xyz(57.1836, 61.5379, 24.7822)
Luminance	0.6154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD72 #728AE5

analogous

#E59372 #E5CD72 #C4E572

triadic

#E5CD72 #72E5CD #CD72E5

tetradic

#E5CD72 #72E593 #728AE5 #E572C4

square

#E5CD72 #72E593 #728AE5 #E572C4

split-complementary

#E5CD72 #72C4E5 #9372E5

monochromatic

#BA9B22 #DBBB3E #E5CD72 #EFDFA6 #F8F2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E5CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD72

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD72	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.115 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9c',
    500: '#e5cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd72;
$custom-light: #efdc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84953,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.61536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD72

secondary

#415ABA

accent

#3CD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD72

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

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