#E5DC8A#E5DC8A

#E5DC8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.104 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC8A
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 138)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(54, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 39.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -8.49, 41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 42.23, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.023 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.104 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.4949, 69.6810, 34.1976)
Luminance	0.6968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC8A #8A93E5

analogous

#E5AF8A #E5DC8A #C1E58A

triadic

#E5DC8A #8AE5DC #DC8AE5

tetradic

#E5DC8A #8AE5AF #8A93E5 #E58AC1

square

#E5DC8A #8AE5AF #8A93E5 #E58AC1

split-complementary

#E5DC8A #8AC1E5 #AF8AE5

monochromatic

#C8B92C #DACD58 #E5DC8A #F0EBBC #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#E5DC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#E5DC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC8A

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC8A	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDC8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F1D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.104 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee6ad',
    500: '#e5dc8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc8a;
$custom-light: #eee6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8836,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC8A

secondary

#5560BE

accent

#2CCB1A

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC8A

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

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