#E5DC65#E5DC65

#E5DC65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.140 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC65
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -11.84, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 59.65, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0362 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.14 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.2572, 68.7860, 22.4123)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC65 #656EE5

analogous

#E59C65 #E5DC65 #AEE565

triadic

#E5DC65 #65E5DC #DC65E5

tetradic

#E5DC65 #65E59C #656EE5 #E565AE

square

#E5DC65 #65E59C #656EE5 #E565AE

split-complementary

#E5DC65 #65AEE5 #9C65E5

monochromatic

#B2A71E #DCD031 #E5DC65 #EEE899 #F7F4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E5DC65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC65

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC65	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.140 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e695',
    500: '#e5dc65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc65;
$custom-light: #f0e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87865,
    "c": 0.14048,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC65

secondary

#3C44B2

accent

#20D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC65

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

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