#E5CD79#E5CD79

#E5CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.108 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD79
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -2.56, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 44.75, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0074 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.108 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.5974, 61.7034, 26.9615)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD79 #7991E5

analogous

#E59779 #E5CD79 #C7E579

triadic

#E5CD79 #79E5CD #CD79E5

tetradic

#E5CD79 #79E597 #7991E5 #E579C7

square

#E5CD79 #79E597 #7991E5 #E579C7

split-complementary

#E5CD79 #79C7E5 #9779E5

monochromatic

#BF9C25 #DBBA46 #E5CD79 #EFE0AC #F9F3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E5CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD79

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD79	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)

#DDCA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.108 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca1',
    500: '#e5cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd79;
$custom-light: #efdca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85051,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD79

secondary

#4660BD

accent

#3FCF16

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD79

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

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