#E5CD84#E5CD84

#E5CD84 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.096 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD84
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 132)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 42.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.91, -1.47, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.91, 39.38, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.0032 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.096 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.3108, 61.9888, 30.7188)
Luminance	0.6199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD84 #849CE5

analogous

#E59C84 #E5CD84 #CCE584

triadic

#E5CD84 #84E5CD #CD84E5

tetradic

#E5CD84 #84E59C #849CE5 #E584CC

square

#E5CD84 #84E59C #849CE5 #E584CC

split-complementary

#E5CD84 #84CCE5 #9C84E5

monochromatic

#C59F2A #DAB851 #E5CD84 #F0E2B7 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CD84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E5CD84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD84

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD84	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCA7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.096 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca9',
    500: '#e5cd84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd84;
$custom-light: #efdca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 65.101,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85221,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD84

secondary

#506BBD

accent

#45CD19

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF6

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD84

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

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