#E5DC5D#E5DC5D

#E5DC5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.147 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC5D
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -12.41, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 63.12, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(87.78% -0.0387 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(87.78% 0.147 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.8841, 68.6367, 20.4476)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC5D #5D66E5

analogous

#E5985D #E5DC5D #AAE55D

triadic

#E5DC5D #5DE5DC #DC5DE5

tetradic

#E5DC5D #5DE598 #5D66E5 #E55DAA

square

#E5DC5D #5DE598 #5D66E5 #E55DAA

split-complementary

#E5DC5D #5DAAE5 #985DE5

monochromatic

#ACA21C #DDD128 #E5DC5D #EDE792 #F6F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#E5DC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC5D

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC5D	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.147 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e690',
    500: '#e5dc5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc5d;
$custom-light: #f0e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87782,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC5D

secondary

#3941AD

accent

#1ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC5D

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

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