#E5DD5D#E5DD5D

#E5DD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.148 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E5DD5D
RGBrgb(229, 221, 93)
HSLhsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSVhsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.5%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(86.58, -12.91, 62.18)
CIE-LCHlch(86.58, 63.50, 101.73°)
OKLaboklab(87.99% -0.0401 0.1427)
OKLCHoklch(87.99% 0.148 105.7)
XYZxyz(60.1473, 69.1632, 20.5353)
Luminance0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E5DD5D #5D65E5
analogous
#E5995D #E5DD5D #A9E55D
triadic
#E5DD5D #5DE5DD #DD5DE5
tetradic
#E5DD5D #5DE599 #5D65E5 #E55DA9
square
#E5DD5D #5DE599 #5D65E5 #E55DA9
split-complementary
#E5DD5D #5DA9E5 #995DE5
monochromatic
#ACA41C #DDD228 #E5DD5D #EDE892 #F6F3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42
#E5DD5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83
#E5DD5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD5D
14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E5DD5D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E5DD5D1.001.4214.8314.83
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8321.001.001.00
##00000014.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EED64F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DB64
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4D0C2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e5dd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.148 105.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e790',
    500: '#e5dd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e5dd5d;
$custom-light: #f0e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e5dd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8799,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E5DD5D
secondary
#3940AD
accent
#1DD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFCF4
border
#D6D5CE
text
#17160D
muted
#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD5D

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#E5DD5D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva