#E5DC97#E5DC97

#E5DC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.089 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DC97
RGB	rgb(229, 220, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(53, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 34.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.04, -7.04, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.04, 35.76, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.58% -0.018 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(88.58% 0.089 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.4930, 70.0803, 39.4543)
Luminance	0.7008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DC97 #97A0E5

analogous

#E5B597 #E5DC97 #C7E597

triadic

#E5DC97 #97E5DC #DC97E5

tetradic

#E5DC97 #97E5B5 #97A0E5 #E597C7

square

#E5DC97 #97E5B5 #97A0E5 #E597C7

split-complementary

#E5DC97 #97C7E5 #B597E5

monochromatic

#CDBB35 #D9CC66 #E5DC97 #F1ECC8 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#E5DC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#E5DC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DC97

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DC97	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F0D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 220, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.089 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#eee6b6',
    500: '#e5dc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dc97;
$custom-light: #eee6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88579,
    "c": 0.08874,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DC97

secondary

#626CBF

accent

#31C81E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DC97

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

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