#E5DC4A#E5DC4A

#E5DC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.161 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC4A
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -13.55, 69.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 70.73, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0439 0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.161 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.1446, 68.3409, 16.5529)
Luminance	0.6834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC4A #4A53E5

analogous

#E58F4A #E5DC4A #A1E54A

triadic

#E5DC4A #4AE5DC #DC4AE5

tetradic

#E5DC4A #4AE58F #4A53E5 #E54AA1

square

#E5DC4A #4AE58F #4A53E5 #E54AA1

split-complementary

#E5DC4A #4AA1E5 #8F4AE5

monochromatic

#9E9617 #D3C91E #E5DC4A #EDE680 #F4F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#E5DC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC4A

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC4A	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.161 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e685',
    500: '#e5dc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc4a;
$custom-light: #f1e685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.516,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87618,
    "c": 0.16131,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC4A

secondary

#3239A1

accent

#41F136

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC4A

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

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