#E5DD4F#E5DD4F

#E5DD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.159 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD4F
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 79)
HSL	hsl(57, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 65.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -13.77, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 69.19, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.044 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.159 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.5830, 68.9375, 17.5633)
Luminance	0.6894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD4F #4F57E5

analogous

#E5924F #E5DD4F #A2E54F

triadic

#E5DD4F #4FE5DD #DD4FE5

tetradic

#E5DD4F #4FE592 #4F57E5 #E54FA2

square

#E5DD4F #4FE592 #4F57E5 #E54FA2

split-complementary

#E5DD4F #4FA2E5 #924FE5

monochromatic

#A29A18 #D7CD20 #E5DD4F #EDE784 #F5F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#E5DD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD4F

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD4F	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.159 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e787',
    500: '#e5dd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd4f;
$custom-light: #f1e787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 74.257,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87865,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD4F

secondary

#343AA4

accent

#1AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD4F

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

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