#E5CD73#E5CD73

#E5CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.114 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD73
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 49.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -3.10, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 47.63, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0096 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.114 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2408, 61.5608, 25.0836)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD73 #738BE5

analogous

#E59473 #E5CD73 #C4E573

triadic

#E5CD73 #73E5CD #CD73E5

tetradic

#E5CD73 #73E594 #738BE5 #E573C4

square

#E5CD73 #73E594 #738BE5 #E573C4

split-complementary

#E5CD73 #73C4E5 #9473E5

monochromatic

#BB9B23 #DBBB3F #E5CD73 #EFDFA7 #F8F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E5CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E5CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD73

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD73	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)

#DEC96B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.114 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdc9d',
    500: '#e5cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd73;
$custom-light: #efdc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84966,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD73

secondary

#415BBB

accent

#3CD115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD73

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

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