#E5DC5F#E5DC5F

#E5DC5F 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	#E5DC5F
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.34, -12.27, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.34, 62.27, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0381 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.146 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.9739, 68.6726, 20.9202)
Luminance	0.6867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC5F #5F68E5

analogous

#E5995F #E5DC5F #ABE55F

triadic

#E5DC5F #5FE5DC #DC5FE5

tetradic

#E5DC5F #5FE599 #5F68E5 #E55FAB

square

#E5DC5F #5FE599 #5F68E5 #E55FAB

split-complementary

#E5DC5F #5FABE5 #995FE5

monochromatic

#ADA41C #DCD02A #E5DC5F #EEE894 #F6F3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E5DC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#E5DC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC5F

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC5F	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)

#EDD551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.146 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e691',
    500: '#e5dc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc5f;
$custom-light: #f0e691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87802,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC5F

secondary

#3A41AF

accent

#1ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC5F

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

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