#E5DC4C#E5DC4C

#E5DC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.160 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC4C
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 76)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.19, -13.44, 68.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.19, 69.98, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0434 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.16 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.2131, 68.3683, 16.9134)
Luminance	0.6837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC4C #4C55E5

analogous

#E5904C #E5DC4C #A1E54C

triadic

#E5DC4C #4CE5DC #DC4CE5

tetradic

#E5DC4C #4CE590 #4C55E5 #E54CA1

square

#E5DC4C #4CE590 #4C55E5 #E54CA1

split-complementary

#E5DC4C #4CA1E5 #904CE5

monochromatic

#9F9717 #D5CA1F #E5DC4C #EDE681 #F5F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#E5DC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC4C

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC4C	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)

#EED437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.160 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e686',
    500: '#e5dc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc4c;
$custom-light: #f1e686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87633,
    "c": 0.15997,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC4C

secondary

#3339A2

accent

#42F137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC4C

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

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