#E5DD4A#E5DD4A

#E5DD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.162 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD4A
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 74)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -14.04, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 71.09, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(87.83% -0.0453 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(87.83% 0.162 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4078, 68.8674, 16.6406)
Luminance	0.6886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD4A #4A52E5

analogous

#E5904A #E5DD4A #A0E54A

triadic

#E5DD4A #4AE5DD #DD4AE5

tetradic

#E5DD4A #4AE590 #4A52E5 #E54AA0

square

#E5DD4A #4AE590 #4A52E5 #E54AA0

split-complementary

#E5DD4A #4AA0E5 #904AE5

monochromatic

#9E9717 #D3CA1E #E5DD4A #EDE780 #F4F1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#E5DD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD4A

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD4A	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.162 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e785',
    500: '#e5dd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd4a;
$custom-light: #f1e785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.903,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87826,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD4A

secondary

#3238A1

accent

#40F136

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD4A

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

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