#E5DC60#E5DC60

#E5DC60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.145 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC60
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -12.20, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 61.83, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0378 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.145 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.0196, 68.6909, 21.1611)
Luminance	0.6869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC60 #6069E5

analogous

#E59960 #E5DC60 #ABE560

triadic

#E5DC60 #60E5DC #DC60E5

tetradic

#E5DC60 #60E599 #6069E5 #E560AB

square

#E5DC60 #60E599 #6069E5 #E560AB

split-complementary

#E5DC60 #60ABE5 #9960E5

monochromatic

#AEA41C #DCD02B #E5DC60 #EEE895 #F6F3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E5DC60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC60

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC60	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.145 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e691',
    500: '#e5dc60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc60;
$custom-light: #f0e691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87812,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC60

secondary

#3A42AF

accent

#1FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC60

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

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