#E5DC5E#E5DC5E

#E5DC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.146 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC5E
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -12.34, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 62.69, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0384 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.146 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.9287, 68.6546, 20.6824)
Luminance	0.6865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC5E #5E67E5

analogous

#E5985E #E5DC5E #AAE55E

triadic

#E5DC5E #5EE5DC #DC5EE5

tetradic

#E5DC5E #5EE598 #5E67E5 #E55EAA

square

#E5DC5E #5EE598 #5E67E5 #E55EAA

split-complementary

#E5DC5E #5EAAE5 #985EE5

monochromatic

#ADA31C #DCD129 #E5DC5E #EEE793 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#E5DC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC5E

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC5E	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)

#EDD550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.146 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e690',
    500: '#e5dc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc5e;
$custom-light: #f0e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87792,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC5E

secondary

#3941AE

accent

#1ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC5E

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

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