#E5DD5E#E5DD5E

#E5DD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.147 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E5DD5E
RGB	rgb(229, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.59, -12.84, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.59, 63.08, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0398 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.147 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1919, 69.1810, 20.7701)
Luminance	0.6918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E5DD5E #5E66E5

analogous

#E5995E #E5DD5E #AAE55E

triadic

#E5DD5E #5EE5DD #DD5EE5

tetradic

#E5DD5E #5EE599 #5E66E5 #E55EAA

square

#E5DD5E #5EE599 #5E66E5 #E55EAA

split-complementary

#E5DD5E #5EAAE5 #995EE5

monochromatic

#ADA41C #DCD229 #E5DD5E #EEE893 #F6F3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E5DD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#E5DD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E5DD5E

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E5DD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E5DD5E	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e5dd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.147 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e790',
    500: '#e5dd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e5dd5e;
$custom-light: #f0e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e5dd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88,
    "c": 0.1474,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E5DD5E

secondary

#3940AE

accent

#1DD411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E5DD5E

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

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