#E5CD83#E5CD83

#E5CD83 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.097 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD83
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 131)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 43%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 42.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.89, -1.57, 39.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.89, 39.88, 92.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0036 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.097 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.2427, 61.9616, 30.3602)
Luminance	0.6196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD83 #839BE5

analogous

#E59C83 #E5CD83 #CCE583

triadic

#E5CD83 #83E5CD #CD83E5

tetradic

#E5CD83 #83E59C #839BE5 #E583CC

square

#E5CD83 #83E59C #839BE5 #E583CC

split-complementary

#E5CD83 #83CCE5 #9C83E5

monochromatic

#C49E29 #DAB950 #E5CD83 #F0E1B6 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.39

#E5CD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD83

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD83	1.00	1.57	13.39	13.39
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCA7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.097 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca8',
    500: '#e5cd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd83;
$custom-light: #efdca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85204,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD83

secondary

#4F6ABD

accent

#45CD18

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD83

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

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