#E5CD7E#E5CD7E

#E5CD7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.102 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD7E
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 45%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -2.08, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 42.32, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.13% -0.0055 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(85.13% 0.102 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.9120, 61.8293, 28.6184)
Luminance	0.6183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD7E #7E96E5

analogous

#E5997E #E5CD7E #CAE57E

triadic

#E5CD7E #7EE5CD #CD7EE5

tetradic

#E5CD7E #7EE599 #7E96E5 #E57ECA

square

#E5CD7E #7EE599 #7E96E5 #E57ECA

split-complementary

#E5CD7E #7ECAE5 #997EE5

monochromatic

#C29E27 #DBB94B #E5CD7E #EFE1B1 #FAF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E5CD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD7E

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD7E	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCA78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D181

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.102 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca4',
    500: '#e5cd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd7e;
$custom-light: #efdca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85126,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD7E

secondary

#4A65BD

accent

#42CE17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD7E

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

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