#E5DC6D#E5DC6D

#E5DC6D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.133 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC6D
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -11.22, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 56.05, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0336 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.133 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.6684, 68.9504, 24.5780)
Luminance	0.6895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC6D #6D76E5

analogous

#E5A06D #E5DC6D #B2E56D

triadic

#E5DC6D #6DE5DC #DC6DE5

tetradic

#E5DC6D #6DE5A0 #6D76E5 #E56DB2

square

#E5DC6D #6DE5A0 #6D76E5 #E56DB2

split-complementary

#E5DC6D #6DB2E5 #A06DE5

monochromatic

#B7AC21 #DCD039 #E5DC6D #EEE8A1 #F8F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E5DC6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC6D

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC6D	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD562

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.133 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe69a',
    500: '#e5dc6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc6d;
$custom-light: #efe69a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87956,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC6D

secondary

#3F48B7

accent

#22D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC6D

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

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