#E5DC6A#E5DC6A

#E5DC6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.136 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC6A
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -11.46, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 57.41, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(87.92% -0.0346 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(87.92% 0.136 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.5096, 68.8870, 23.7420)
Luminance	0.6888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC6A #6A73E5

analogous

#E59E6A #E5DC6A #B0E56A

triadic

#E5DC6A #6AE5DC #DC6AE5

tetradic

#E5DC6A #6AE59E #6A73E5 #E56AB0

square

#E5DC6A #6AE59E #6A73E5 #E56AB0

split-complementary

#E5DC6A #6AB0E5 #9E6AE5

monochromatic

#B5AA20 #DCD036 #E5DC6A #EEE89E #F7F4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#E5DC6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC6A

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC6A	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD55F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.136 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e698',
    500: '#e5dc6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc6a;
$custom-light: #f0e698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87921,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC6A

secondary

#3E47B5

accent

#21D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC6A

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

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