#E5CD78#E5CD78

#E5CD78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.109 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD78
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 120)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(47, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 47.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.74, -2.65, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.74, 45.23, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0077 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.109 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5364, 61.6790, 26.6402)
Luminance	0.6168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD78 #7890E5

analogous

#E59678 #E5CD78 #C6E578

triadic

#E5CD78 #78E5CD #CD78E5

tetradic

#E5CD78 #78E596 #7890E5 #E578C6

square

#E5CD78 #78E596 #7890E5 #E578C6

split-complementary

#E5CD78 #78C6E5 #9678E5

monochromatic

#BE9C25 #DBBA45 #E5CD78 #EFE0AB #F9F3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E5CD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD78

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD78	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.109 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca0',
    500: '#e5cd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd78;
$custom-light: #efdca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85037,
    "c": 0.10869,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD78

secondary

#455FBD

accent

#3FD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD78

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

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