#E5DC68#E5DC68

#E5DC68 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.138 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC68
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 104)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 54.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -11.61, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 58.31, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.9% -0.0352 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(87.9% 0.138 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(60.4068, 68.8458, 23.2006)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC68 #6871E5

analogous

#E59D68 #E5DC68 #AFE568

triadic

#E5DC68 #68E5DC #DC68E5

tetradic

#E5DC68 #68E59D #6871E5 #E568AF

square

#E5DC68 #68E59D #6871E5 #E568AF

split-complementary

#E5DC68 #68AFE5 #9D68E5

monochromatic

#B4A91F #DCD034 #E5DC68 #EEE89C #F7F4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E5DC68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC68

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC68	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.138 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e696',
    500: '#e5dc68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc68;
$custom-light: #f0e696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87898,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC68

secondary

#3D46B4

accent

#21D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC68

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

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