#E5DC74#E5DC74

#E5DC74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.127 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC74
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 49.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -10.63, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 52.81, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(88.04% -0.0311 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(88.04% 0.127 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.0603, 69.1072, 26.6422)
Luminance	0.6911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC74 #747DE5

analogous

#E5A374 #E5DC74 #B6E574

triadic

#E5DC74 #74E5DC #DC74E5

tetradic

#E5DC74 #74E5A3 #747DE5 #E574B6

square

#E5DC74 #74E5A3 #747DE5 #E574B6

split-complementary

#E5DC74 #74B6E5 #A374E5

monochromatic

#BCAF23 #DBCF40 #E5DC74 #EFE9A8 #F8F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DC74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#E5DC74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC74

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC74	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDB79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3D0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.127 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe69e',
    500: '#e5dc74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc74;
$custom-light: #efe69e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88043,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC74

secondary

#424CBB

accent

#24D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC74

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

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