#E5DC66#E5DC66

#E5DC66 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	#E5DC66
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 102)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 55.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -11.77, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 59.20, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0359 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.14 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.3064, 68.8057, 22.6719)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC66 #666FE5

analogous

#E59D66 #E5DC66 #AFE566

triadic

#E5DC66 #66E5DC #DC66E5

tetradic

#E5DC66 #66E59D #666FE5 #E566AF

square

#E5DC66 #66E59D #666FE5 #E566AF

split-complementary

#E5DC66 #66AFE5 #9D66E5

monochromatic

#B2A81E #DCD032 #E5DC66 #EEE89A #F7F4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#E5DC66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC66

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC66	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)

#EDD55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.140 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e695',
    500: '#e5dc66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc66;
$custom-light: #f0e695;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87876,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC66

secondary

#3C45B3

accent

#20D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC66

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

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