#E5DD4C#E5DD4C

#E5DD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.161 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD4C
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 76)
HSL	hsl(57, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.45, -13.94, 68.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.45, 70.34, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0448 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.161 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.4763, 68.8948, 17.0011)
Luminance	0.6889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD4C #4C54E5

analogous

#E5914C #E5DD4C #A0E54C

triadic

#E5DD4C #4CE5DD #DD4CE5

tetradic

#E5DD4C #4CE591 #4C54E5 #E54CA0

square

#E5DD4C #4CE591 #4C54E5 #E54CA0

split-complementary

#E5DD4C #4CA0E5 #914CE5

monochromatic

#9F9817 #D5CB1F #E5DD4C #EDE781 #F5F1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#E5DD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD4C

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD4C	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.161 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e786',
    500: '#e5dd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd4c;
$custom-light: #f1e786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.863,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87842,
    "c": 0.16089,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD4C

secondary

#3339A2

accent

#40F137

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD4C

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

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