#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
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -12.91, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 63.50, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(87.99% -0.0401 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(87.99% 0.148 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1473, 69.1632, 20.5353)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E5DD5D	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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