#E5CD85#E5CD85

#E5CD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.095 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5CD85
RGB	rgb(229, 205, 133)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 41.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -1.37, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 38.89, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.0028 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.095 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.3796, 62.0163, 31.0809)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5CD85 #859DE5

analogous

#E59D85 #E5CD85 #CDE585

triadic

#E5CD85 #85E5CD #CD85E5

tetradic

#E5CD85 #85E59D #859DE5 #E585CD

square

#E5CD85 #85E59D #859DE5 #E585CD

split-complementary

#E5CD85 #85CDE5 #9D85E5

monochromatic

#C69F2A #DAB853 #E5CD85 #F0E2B7 #FAF5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E5CD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E5CD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5CD85

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5CD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5CD85	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)

#DCCA80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5cd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 205, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.095 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efdca9',
    500: '#e5cd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5cd85;
$custom-light: #efdca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5cd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85237,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5CD85

secondary

#516CBE

accent

#46CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5CD85

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

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