#E5CD7D#E5CD7D

#E5CD7D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.104 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD7D
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 125)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 45.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -2.17, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 42.81, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.0059 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.104 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.8478, 61.8036, 28.2802)
Luminance	0.6180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD7D #7D95E5

analogous

#E5997D #E5CD7D #C9E57D

triadic

#E5CD7D #7DE5CD #CD7DE5

tetradic

#E5CD7D #7DE599 #7D95E5 #E57DC9

square

#E5CD7D #7DE599 #7D95E5 #E57DC9

split-complementary

#E5CD7D #7DC9E5 #997DE5

monochromatic

#C19D27 #DBB94A #E5CD7D #EFE1B0 #F9F4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CD7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E5CD7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD7D

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD7D	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.104 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca4',
    500: '#e5cd7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd7d;
$custom-light: #efdca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85111,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD7D

secondary

#4964BD

accent

#41CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD7D

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

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