#E5CD81#E5CD81

#E5CD81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.099 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD81
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 129)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 43.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -1.78, 40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 40.86, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.0043 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.099 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.1085, 61.9079, 29.6532)
Luminance	0.6191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD81 #8199E5

analogous

#E59B81 #E5CD81 #CBE581

triadic

#E5CD81 #81E5CD #CD81E5

tetradic

#E5CD81 #81E59B #8199E5 #E581CB

square

#E5CD81 #81E59B #8199E5 #E581CB

split-complementary

#E5CD81 #81CBE5 #9B81E5

monochromatic

#C39E28 #DBB94E #E5CD81 #EFE1B4 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#E5CD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD81

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD81	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCA7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.099 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca6',
    500: '#e5cd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd81;
$custom-light: #efdca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85173,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD81

secondary

#4D68BD

accent

#43CE18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD81

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

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